Two ordinances filed by Metro Councilmen Bob Mendes and Colby Sledge, drafted with the assistance of the TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and cheered on by Mayor Megan Barry, will make Davidson County and Metro Nashville the most liberal sanctuary city in the U.S.; in fact, even more liberal in its policies than New York City or San Francisco.
The Metro Council may hold the second of the three required readings of one or both bills during its regularly scheduled meeting tonight.
TIRRC, an affiliate of the National Council of La Raza and a recipient of funding from a George Soros front group, has been agitating for Nashville to formalize its informal sanctuary city practices since the election of President Trump. The two bills co-sponsored by Mendes and Sledge which will have their second reading tonight, will accomplish that goal.
Trying to pass off the ordinances as “in line with state and federal law” the other Mendes/Sledge  bill if passed will, by prohibiting Metro Nashville employees from inquiring into anyone’s immigration status, effectively enable illegal aliens to access public benefits they would otherwise be barred from using.
Using the ruse that it’s “bad policy and bad practice”for the Metro Council to continue a contractual arrangement with the U.S. Marshals Service that enables the Davidson County jail to detain illegal criminal aliens for ICE pick-up, the Mendes/Sledge bill would “require Metro to exercise its rights to terminate the contract, and negotiate new terms subject to Council approval.”
Mendes and Sledge object to cooperating with federal authorities working to deport criminal aliens and appear to have internalized Mayor Megan Barry’s mantra that Nashville is and should remain a “welcoming city” making the likely outcome that the Metro Council will decide not to renew any agreement that allows for complying with ICE detainers.
Even liberal New York City’s sanctuary policies include exceptions to the blanket rule of non-cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The NYC law includes 170 crimes that trigger cooperation with ICE detainers leading to deportation and more recently during budget hearings, Mayor De Blasio indicated he would be willing to add to that list of crimes:
But I would say anyone in good conscience who reads that list of 170 offenses, which is essentially any acts of violence, anything involving a weapon, anything involving terror, any major drug offenses — it’s quite comprehensive — understands the intent is to protect the safety of all New Yorkers.
After the murder of Kate Steinle by an illegal alien who had already been convicted of seven felonies and deported five times, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors “clarified” their sanctuary policy to allow the sheriff more discretion to cooperate with federal immigration authorities involving illegal aliens who commit certain felonies.
Mendes has downplayed the potentially devastating effect his bills will have on unsuspecting communities in Davidson County despite the fact that one of his bills will allow illegal aliens who commit all types of crimes, without exception, to be released back into the community instead of facing possible deportation by allowing cooperation with ICE.
“Operation Community Shield” is an ICE Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) operation that targets violent gang members and their associates by partnering with local, state and other federal law enforcement agencies. The most recent report from May 2017, netted over 1,300 nationwide arrests of violent gang members. Investigations conducted by the units including the HSI Nashville, over time Operation Community Shield has “effected more than 4,300 criminal arrests and nearly 3,000 civil immigration arrests of MS-13 leaders, members and associates.”
It is not clear if Mendes or Sledge have considered whether creating the most liberal non-deportation zone in the U.S. Â will magnetize Davidson County for criminal illegal aliens.
If a majority vote is reached on second reading, either one or both of the Mendes/Sledge bills will be scheduled for a third and final reading and a final vote.
This is about securing future liberal votes and changing the voting demographics of a city for many years. This is her way of trying not to be a one term mayor.
Liberals have been flooding into Nashville for the last two years at a breakneck pace! It’s their plan to seed cities all across the nation with enough liberals as to change the demographics of the country until we’re all deleted and are socially engineered to think the way they want us to! It’s an invasion and is like islams cultural Jihad! Sickening!!!
If only ALL VOTERS SEE WHAT YOU SEE, we could stop this bus before someone gets killed .This what comes from putting a LIBERAL in the MAYOR’S CHAIR. NASHVILLE NEEDS CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP!
SOROS really
Here is what I got back from the Governors office when I ask about this:
Dear Jay:
Thank you for your message to Governor Haslam.
In 2009, legislation was passed by the General Assembly that says a local official or entity shall not adopt any ordinance or policy that prohibits compliance with all applicable federal laws pertaining to immigration. Officials are also prohibited from interfering with the enforcement of these laws. A person who believes this law has been violated may seek relief in Chancery Court.
Again, thank you for taking the time to write.
Best regards,
Don Johnson | Director, Constituent Services & Community Relations
Office of Governor Bill Haslam
615-253-7730
Here’s the TN Code Annotated: Title 7 Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities
Local Government Functions
Chapter 68 Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws
Tenn. Code Ann. § 7-68-103 (2017)
7-68-103. Adoption of ordinances or policies prohibiting compliance with federal law pertaining to illegal residents forbidden — Interference with compliance prohibited.
(a) A local governmental entity or official shall not adopt any ordinance or written policy that expressly prohibits a local governmental entity, official or employee from complying with applicable federal law pertaining to persons who reside within the state illegally.
(b) An official shall not materially interfere with the ability of a local governmental entity, official or employee of a municipality or a county to comply with applicable federal law pertaining to persons who reside within the state illegally.
HISTORY: Acts 2009, ch. 447, § 1.
I was planning a trip to Nashville this year because we have never been there, well I can’t stand San Francisco so Nashville is OFF MY LIST
Good. We’re klnd of overrun with tourists as it is. 😉
Seriously? Report that on Channel 4
Your nuts!!! Tennessee thrives on tourism. Nashville is making a HUGE mistake.
The visitor center is being ask about this ask we speak. Mayor Berry has a disdain for the music industry that built this town. She is practicing the same things that is destroying the Ca economy here in Nashville. Your tax dollars at work.
CA has the 5th largest economy in the world. Not sure where you’re going with that comment.
And it’s in the toilet!
And California is deeply in debt.
Actually, it has the 6th largest economy but they are struggling, unless the press is lying about that. LOL
It’s being bailed out with Federal dollars idiot.
Irrelevant statistic. That’s based on population, not efficiency.
My family and friends meet twice a year in Nashville for music and fun. If they do this stupid thing, there goes about 40 regular tourists that won’t ever return.
Once they kill the tourist industry then they can say “We showed Trump!”. Liberals are toxic wastes!
Truth!
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/crime/329589-the-truth-about-crime-illegal-immigrants-and-sanctuary-cities
Do they practice baseball anywhere?
wait wait wait, Doesn’t; Tennessee as a state have laws against sanctuary cities?
When has a law stopped a liberal?
If these two ordinances pass then Mayor Barry and the Metro Council will be in violation of Tennessee Public Chapter 447.
Section 7-68-103
Unfortunately Mayor Dingleberry thinks she can do what she wants. Nashville is going down fast. Time to send her back to her birth state California she will fit in just fine there,and she can take the council members who vote for for this with her.
I left Nashville in 2010…looks like I made a wise decision…what’s wrong with the city counsel…Good luck with all of that…
If Soros’ finger prints are on anything, we know it is evil. He is one of the most evil people in the world. Only a total fool would support sanctuary cities encouraging people to brake our laws.
Not in my lifetime!!!
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I never cease to be amazed at how far down the toilet Nashville has gone in such a short period of time. The council members remind me of a all of the circus clowns that would climb out of a very small car….. Except the clowns were funny. Just another reason to avoid going there.
Follow the $$$$
You think it’s bad now, if this vote passes is really going to go down hill, every illegal criminal will flee here so they can keep doing what they are doing, not to mention the muslims it will draw, and we’ve all seen what the other states and countries are going through, basically anywhere they go destruction and crime follows.
Everyone needs to call the mayors office and congressmen and let them know that this bill is a no go, or they’ll be voted out!
And this is why I do not spend my hard earned AMERICAN money in Nashville….booooo Nashville.
I agree. So appalling.