Tuesday, August 27, 2024

The New York Times Wakes Up to How Bad Sanctuary Laws Are

 But it wasn’t the populist New York Post reporting on how migrant crime fueled by feckless sanctuary policies was creating victims in Gotham – it was the New York Times, the most credulous consumer and reporter of progressive talking points.

Speaking of the Post, it was among the first outlets to report on the alleged crime at issue in the Times article, reporting two weeks ago that: “NYC migrants – including one charged in sex assault 4 months ago – raped woman at knifepoint, beat her boyfriend: sources”.

That the New York Times felt obliged to discuss Daniel Devon-Bonilla’s alleged criminal activities – and the missteps that purportedly left him at large to prey on a vulnerable couple under the Coney Island boardwalk – suggests that innocent New Yorkers, citizen and alien alike, are fed up with NYC’s sanctuary nonsense.

A major New York newspaper published an article over the weekend headlined “How a Migrant Accused of Rape Was Freed and Charged With Rape Again”.

First, as the Times explains: “Since spring 2022, more than 210,000 migrants have arrived in New York City, and roughly 64,000 are currently living in shelters”.

Perhaps the sanctuary worm in the Big Apple has turned, but I remain skeptical.

As the Times explains, notwithstanding its serial sanctuary statutes, the Corrections Department is allowed to share information with ICE about aliens who have been charged with any one of 177 “serious offenses, including rape and felony assault”.

https://cis.org/Arthur/New-York-Times-Wakes-How-Bad-Sanctuary-Laws-Are

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