LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE MICHELE FIORE CALLS FOR END TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICY AND TO COMPLY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP

LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE MICHELE FIORE CALLS FOR END TO SANCTUARY CITY POLICY AND TO COMPLY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP

February 2, 2017

Today, Las Vegas City Council, Ward 6, candidate and former Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore announced that, if elected, she will lead the charge to bring local governments across Clark County into compliance with federal immigration law.

“In President Donald Trump, we finally have someone who will enforce our immigration laws and, as a first priority, work to keep Americans safe,” Fiore says. “I want voters to know this: if elected, I will work diligently to ensure local law enforcement and government agencies are cooperating with federal authorities to enforce America’s immigration laws in Las Vegas and across Clark County. This lawlessness must end.”

Illegal immigration is a significant problem for the Silver State: according to an article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, more than one in three illegal immigrants processed through the Clark County Detention Center had at least one prior criminal conviction. Nevada is estimated to have the highest proportion of illegal immigrants of any state in the Union and illegal workers make up an estimated 10% of Nevada’s workforce.

“I will continue to support and work to help legal immigrants who have chosen to obey our laws,” Fiore continues. “But to those who are in southern Nevada and committing crimes in our communities, they shall not find sanctuary and special treatment here.  Further, if our local law enforcement needs additional federal funding in order to carry out this mission, I will work with them and our federal delegation to ensure that funding is realized.”

Fiore’s announcement comes just days after Miami’s Mayor reversed his city’s sanctuary policy and declared they intended to follow American immigration law and comply with law enforcement agents.

Source: Press Release