WILMINGTON, N.C.—Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, on Sept. 21 announced a new plan to use federal power to outlaw so-called “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal immigrants from deportation.
Throughout Trump’s political career, immigration and border security have been key issues, and in 2024, a staple of his campaign rhetoric has been criticism of the Biden–Harris border policies.
During a campaign speech in Wilmington in the battleground state of North Carolina, Trump promised to advocate for Congress to ban sanctuary cities, a term used to describe municipalities that enact policies to shield illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities, often by banning cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)….