Exploring the debate over 'sanctuary cities'

We the People

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🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Elizabeth Price Foley of Florida International University and Cristina Rodriguez of Yale University discuss President Trump's executive order on immigration and how Congress could respond to sanctuary cities going forward. Continue today’s conversation on Facebookand Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Please subscribe to We the People and our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster of podcasts at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by Kevin Kilbourne and produced by Nicandro Iannacci. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich and Tom Donnelly. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.9	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.2	The National Constitution Center is the only
0:14.6	institution in America, chartered by Congress, to disseminate information about
0:19.3	the US Constitution on a nonpartisan-partisan basis.
0:23.0	And on today's show, we explore the national debate over the Constitution and sanctuary cities.
0:29.0	In January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that cut off federal funds from
0:35.1	city and county governments that don't fully cooperate in enforcing federal
0:39.0	immigration laws. Then on April 25th a federal judge temporarily blocked the order nationwide, ruling that
0:46.7	the president had exceeded his constitutional powers.
0:50.1	Does President Trump have the power to withhold the money himself?
0:53.1	Was the executive order just a use of the bully pulpit
0:55.6	without any real practical effect?
0:58.2	And how could Congress respond to sanctuary cities moving forward?
1:02.4	Joining us to discuss this fascinating question's to Elizabeth Price Foley is of counsel at Baker, Hastetler, and Professor of Law at the Florida
1:16.1	International University College of Law.
1:19.2	Christina Rodriguez is the Samuel Rubin visiting professor of law
1:22.8	Columbia Law School.
1:24.0	She's also the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law
1:27.0	at Yale Law School.
1:28.3	Elizabeth, Christina, thank you so much for joining.
1:30.9	Thanks for having us.
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