Speaker Mike Johnson to NYC: Dump ‘sanctuary’ Policies to Get Migrant Money; Speaker Johnson Tells NYC to Axe Sanctuary City Status in Return for Migrant Funding: ‘Unconscionable’

Speaker Mike Johnson to NYC: Dump ‘sanctuary’ policies to get migrant money:

House Speaker Mike Johnson called on the Big Apple Thursday to scrap its “sanctuary” city status if it wants federal money to help house thousands of migrants pouring into the city.

In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with The Post, the Louisiana Republican’s first with a major publication since seizing the gavel, Johnson said he was “certain” his fellow GOP lawmakers will stipulate a rollback of policies that restrict local police cooperation with federal immigration officials to deport migrants accused of serious crimes.

“I’m certain that will be one of our proposals, and it should,” the 51-year-old said.

President Biden has asked Congress to approve $1.4 billion for states and cities to fund shelter and services for migrants released at the US-Mexico border.

Mayor Eric Adams joined four other big-city mayors recently in asking for $5 billion.

“The idea that you would maintain a sanctuary city status and then cry out to the federal government for assistance in what you’ve done is, to me, unconscionable,” Johnson said.

The new speaker sat down for a half-hour chat in his office overlooking the National Mall and the Washington Monument just two weeks after his meteoric rise to lead the House, and with his voice nearly gone after marathon meetings on government funding ahead of a partial shutdown deadline Nov. 17. —>READ MORE HERE

Speaker Johnson tells NYC to axe sanctuary city status in return for migrant funding: ‘Unconscionable’

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday told New York City that if it wanted federal money to help house migrants amid the ongoing crisis there, it would have to axe its sanctuary city status.

In an interview with The New York Post, Johnson expressed confidence that House Republicans would require the heavily Democrat city to get rid of its policies that restrict police from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to deport migrants accused of committing crimes.

“The idea that you would maintain a sanctuary city status and then cry out to the federal government for assistance in what you’ve done is, to me, unconscionable,” Johnson told the Post. “I’m certain that will be one of our proposals, and it should.”

Johnson’s comments come following a request from the Biden administration for $1.4 billion in funding for state and local governments across the country to fund the care of migrants released into the U.S.

However, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and four other big-city mayors have rejected that amount, and instead asked for $5 billion in funding relief.

Johnson also blasted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “one of the worst cabinet secretaries in the history of the United States,” and said his job performance in the role was “inexcusably.” —>READ MORE HERE

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