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<title>Can You Give Me Sanctuary So I Can Break The Law Again? (Trees And Things)</title>
<link>http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/23/91059/5745</link>
<description>San Francisco Bay area cities are just a little more liberal and activist than your average American city.  Take immigration policy, for instance.  Since the 1980s, San Francisco and Oakland have had &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bayswan.org/sftraffick/SFcityrefuge.html">City of Refuge&lt;/a> ordinances in effect.  Basically they say that city officials will not cooperate with federal authorities in trying to apprehend illegal immigrants.  As &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:27:47 EST</pubDate>
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<title>zyxwvutsr: Re: Can You Give Me Sanctuary</title>
<link>http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/23/91059/5745#4</link>
<description>&lt;blockquote>&lt;i>The feds don't respect our state laws (ie medical marijuana) &lt;b>why should local resources be spent&lt;/b> on things the feds (obviously in this case) can't be bothered with?&lt;/i>&lt;/blockquote>From the story:&lt;blockquote>&lt;tt>...about an hour after</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:12:40 EST</pubDate>
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<title>MayorBob: Yes, immigration is a federal responsibility.</title>
<link>http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/23/91059/5745#3</link>
<description>But taking steps to ensure your law abiding citizens are protected from the depredations of your garden variety sociopath and gangbanger is a local responsibility, wouldn't you say? &#160;It would seem to me that Ramos was given two swats with the bat as a</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:38:36 EST</pubDate>
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<title>MayorBob: The Hed.</title>
<link>http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/23/91059/5745#2</link>
<description>When I was back there in seminary school there was a person there who put forth the proposition that you could use Doors lyrics to create headlines.&lt;br>&lt;br>&lt;b>YOU CANNOT PETITION AL GORE WITH AN ECO-FRIENDLY CHAIR!&lt;/b></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:20:31 EST</pubDate>
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<title>thefadd: Re: Can You Give Me Sanctuary</title>
<link>http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/7/23/91059/5745#1</link>
<description>I don't see where this qualifies as "sanctuary." Immigration is a federal issue and responsibility in this country. The feds don't respect our state laws (ie medical marijuana) why should local resources be spent on things the feds (obviously in this case)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:22 EST</pubDate>
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