She said 'all benefits, opportunities, and services' will be 'accessible to all residents, regardless of birth country or current citizenship status.'

In what is now a sad and well-known story, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Jose Lopez-Gonzalez had twice been deported.

'We don’t accept just general ICE detainers.'

President Trump announced his administration will withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities after a federal court ruled it could do so.

In what has now become a heartbreaking and infuriating cliché, Christopher Puente never should have been in the United States to begin with.

The United States Justice Department praised the decision, issuing a statement calling it a 'major victory for Americans.'

'You just look at some of the horrific crimes that are committed - that wouldn't happen if you didn't have sanctuary for criminals.'

'This is a dangerous policy, as I am sure the most recent victim(s) can attest to,' an ICE official said.

'It’s amazing to me that we stand in the very state where not too long ago, on Sept. 11 2001, terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center and brought it down.'

The ordinance is intended to block federal immigration officials from obtaining access to information regarding illegal immigrants, WXFT reported.