SANDOVAL’S SANCTUARY CITY RULES OF CATCH AND RELEASE OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FORCES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO RAISE TAXES TO PAY FOR MORE COPS

June 8, 2016
Last September 2015, the Clark County Commission voted 6 to 1 in favor of increasing sales tax for the express purpose of hiring more cops.
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani was the only no vote, while newly sworn in County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick, recently appointed by Gov. Sandoval, voted for the tax increase.

The new tax added .05% to the county sales tax, projected to generate more than $19 million dollars, to hire 133 new Metro Police officers in 2016.

In addition, the money funded more cops in the cities of Henderson and North Las Vegas.

But under Sandoval’s Sanctuary City rules of catch and release of illegal aliens, Metro Police is struggling to keep up with a huge increase of crime, reporting an 88% increase in homicides, and a 50% increase in violent crimes, for certain parts of town in the first half of 2016.

Now, the Clark County Commission is considering round two of tax increases for more cops.

According to sources, illegal aliens who are arrested for violent crimes who cannot afford to post bail, are turned over to ICE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. However, if the illegal alien can afford to post bail, then he or she is released, and allowed their day in court…assuming they don’t flee back across the border.

Governor Sandoval pushed hard for driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, as part of his support for President Obama’s sanctuary city and amnesty policies.

Sandoval refused to support legislation to change the policy in 2015, when the republicans controlled both the Assembly and Senate. Sandoval spoke in 2012 at the La Raza annual national convention, which means “The Race”, supporting Sanctuary cities and amnesty for illegal aliens.

According to a 20 year long comprehensive study published in 2009, that was conducted by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a Washington D.C think tank, illegal aliens account for more than 8% of the total population of Nevada.That was 8 years ago.

According to a Zogby poll, over 76% of Nevadans believe illegal aliens have a very negative or somewhat negative impact on the State Budget.

Republican Assemblyman Brent Jones criticized Gov. Sandoval’s Sanctuary City Policies saying “Gov. Sandoval’s Sanctuary City policy of catch and release of illegal aliens has failed to protect public safety and has hamstrung Metro police from doing their job. Next session I will write a bill to ban Sanctuary Cities here in Nevada and support law enforcement.”