Re: March 28 editorial.
Your editorial argues that Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ warning that federal funds will be withheld from sanctuary cities like Denver is “misguided.” But how is it misguided to insist that states and cities support and comply with paramount federal law? How can any city expect to receive federal money when it declares that it will actively oppose federal law enforcement and behaves accordingly?
Your editorial characterizes Sessions’ warning as a mere “distraction,” an attempt to “change the subject,” but please recall that President Donald Trump ran and was elected in significant part on a promise to enforce our immigration laws. His commitment to enforcement is no distraction; it is an emphatic and repeated promise that a majority of Americans care about deeply.
If cities and states believe the law should be changed, then they must to go to the Congress to advocate changes, but unless and until changes are made, the law really is the law and it must be followed. Any other approach is misguided indeed.
Osborne Dykes, Denver
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