I have no dog in the fight here, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that since most cities vote democratic in the first place, that... probably has something to do with it. There are plenty of rural areas that are fine with ignoring, suppressing, or otherwise hindering immigration laws. They just don't have large governing bodies like cities do to announce it.
Look at a place like New Hampshire. Live Free or Die. Their whole state basically runs on "Do what you want to do, don't get all up in each other's business, and everybody will get along just fine.". Most of those people are probably more offended at the notion of adding a law to their books than they are about whatever the law would be about.
Yes, I mean most major cities. Like the ones on this list of sanctuary cities.
http://www.apsanlaw.com/law-246.List...ry-cities.html
You don't really see smaller towns declaring sanctuary status so much because they don't have large, overarching governments to do so. They just kind of do things that make sense to them without making big announcements that are nationally recognized. Does Princeton, NJ want immigrants to be safe and allowed? You bet your ass, but the population is only 32,000. It's a well known thing there, in rich hippie central, but on a national scale it's not worthy of note.
Last edited by Stumplicker; 01-10-2019 at 10:33 AM.
They don't need to be large, overarching governments to declare themselves a sanctuary city. Declaring themselves a sanctuary city just means they are instructing their local police department to not cooperate with ICE unless they have a warrant. I'm sure crazy California will eventually make it so the police can't cooperate even if there is an active warrant for murder.
Last edited by Tgo01; 01-10-2019 at 10:39 AM.
On the subject of terrorists coming from the Mexico border, this is an interesting read.