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I cant even imagine the pain that family has gone through. Sadly. the Steinles are not alone. According to the Department of Homeland Securityour current administrations Department of Homeland Securityduring an 8month period that they examined last year alone. sanctuary city jurisdictions released over 8.000 illegal immigrants. and 1.800 of them were later arrested for criminal acts. It included two cities that released individuals who had been arrested for child sex abuse. In both cases. the individuals released sexually assaulted other children again. In the wake of these tragedies. you would think that elected officials across America would end this practice of having these dangerous sanctuary city policies. Sadly. that is not the case. In the biggest city in my State. Philadelphia. they have taken the opposite approach. In fact. they imposed one of the most extreme versions of sanctuary cities anywhere in America. Two weeks ago. President Obamas Secretary of Homeland Security visited Philadelphia for the specific purpose of trying to persuade the city goveminent to make a tiny exception to their sanctuary city policy. He wanted to change the policy so that the Philadelphia police would be able to notify Federal immigration officials if they are about to release from their custody a person who has been convicted of a violent felony or convicted of a crime involving a gang or is a suspected terrorist. The mayor of Philadelphia refused. Even under those circumstances. the police of Philadelphia are forbidden from cooperating and sharing the information with Federal immigration officials. What are the kinds of consequences for this? Consider the case of Alberto Suarez.