Republicans in Congress pushed legislation on Tuesday that would penalize cities shielding illegal immigrants. In retaliation, House Democrats Tuesday brought up a name particularly inflammatory to the immigration debate: Donald Trump.
Party leaders labeled the "Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act," a Republican-sponsored bill that would crack down on so-called "sanctuary cities" by barring the Justice Department from giving them federal funds, "the Donald Trump Act," The New York Times reports. The bill was inspired by the July murder of Karthryn Steinle, who was allegedly shot and killed in San Francisco by an undocumented immigrant who had been previously released by a city jail. The case has been highlighted by Trump, who infamously called most Mexican immigrants "killers" and "rapists."
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