De Blasio: If Trump Cuts off Our Funding for Our Sanctuary City, We’ll Sue Him

RUSH TRANSCRIPT And joining ░░░░░░░░ now is the mayor ░░░░░░░░ New York City mayor ░░░░░░░░ De Blasio Great to ░░░░░░░░ you here Let s ░░░░░░░░ off with definitions because ░░░░░░░░ s a lot of ░░░░░░░░ What as the mayor ░░░░░░░░ New York City in ░░░░░░░░ strict legal sense what ░░░░░░░░ it mean that New ░░░░░░░░ is a sanctuary city ░░░░░░░░ m glad you re ░░░░░░░░ I think the phrase ░░░░░░░░ been misused in many ░░░░░░░░ and I think there ░░░░░░░░ probably better ways to ░░░░░░░░ it For us it ░░░░░░░░ about protecting people in ░░░░░░░░ city and it s ░░░░░░░░ public safety in Jeb ░░░░░░░░ what it says is ░░░░░░░░ have half a million ░░░░░░░░ who are undocumented in ░░░░░░░░ York City Half a ░░░░░░░░ people And we need ░░░░░░░░ to be protected and ░░░░░░░░ protecting our communities that ░░░░░░░░ relationships between the police ░░░░░░░░ community are Paramount so ░░░░░░░░ police do not for ░░░░░░░░ if they learn someone ░░░░░░░░ undocumented they don t ░░░░░░░░ that information over to ░░░░░░░░ federal government That s ░░░░░░░░ the case for decades ░░░░░░░░ during Rudy Giuliani s ░░░░░░░░ That s one example ░░░░░░░░ a city that respects ░░░░░░░░ its residents including the ░░░░░░░░ The logic being if ░░░░░░░░ m undocumented and I ░░░░░░░░ a horrible crime being ░░░░░░░░ we want that person ░░░░░░░░ call 911 and not ░░░░░░░░ that they would then ░░░░░░░░ their status turned over ░░░░░░░░ the federal government We ░░░░░░░░ everyone in the city ░░░░░░░░ cooperate with the police ░░░░░░░░ know that won t ░░░░░░░░ they get deported taken ░░░░░░░░ from their family The ░░░░░░░░ are first to tell ░░░░░░░░ I did a press ░░░░░░░░ earlier today with our ░░░░░░░░ commissioner Jimmy o neil ░░░░░░░░ said we need the ░░░░░░░░ to work with us ░░░░░░░░ have to know it ░░░░░░░░ t hurt them Sean ░░░░░░░░ made the argument that ░░░░░░░░ taxpayers are essentially subsidizing ░░░░░░░░ like the one you ░░░░░░░░ while those cities break ░░░░░░░░ law What s wrong ░░░░░░░░ that argument I think ░░░░░░░░ spicer is missing a ░░░░░░░░ of things with that ░░░░░░░░ First of all New ░░░░░░░░ City and New York ░░░░░░░░ put more into the ░░░░░░░░ treasury than we get ░░░░░░░░ That s been proven ░░░░░░░░ decades So we have ░░░░░░░░ big net gain on ░░░░░░░░ federal treasury Second of ░░░░░░░░ our cities are our ░░░░░░░░ engines New York City ░░░░░░░░ one of the economic ░░░░░░░░ of the United States ░░░░░░░░ America It s a ░░░░░░░░ working and a half ░░░░░░░░ people working in it ░░░░░░░░ the time and contributing ░░░░░░░░ it happen to be ░░░░░░░░ There s 11 million ░░░░░░░░ 12 million people here ░░░░░░░░ are part of the ░░░░░░░░ Businesses all over the ░░░░░░░░ have taken full advantage ░░░░░░░░ their cheap labor There ░░░░░░░░ a lot of hypocrisy ░░░░░░░░ this discussion.