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sanctuary

noun as in church; holiest room or area in religious building

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noun as in safe place for wildlife

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Push to have Los Angeles declare itself a sanctuary city.

But you have to wonder what "border czar" Homan, who claims he will have the military at his disposal, means when he says that governors of sanctuary states have to "get the hell out of the way," and that if they don't, "we may have to double the number of agents we send to New York City."

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“If sanctuary cities don’t want to help us, then get out of the way, because we’re coming,” Homan said in an interview on “Fox & Friends.”

They will also push local governments to enshrine sanctuary policies that go beyond the state’s sanctuary law.

Miller has said that a Trump administration could deploy the U.S. military and National Guard troops to assist in deporting immigrants, setting the stage for showdowns between the federal government and local jurisdictions that bill themselves as sanctuary cities and states.

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