BETTER TELL THE DEMOCRATS – AT 1:18 P.M. ET:   The radical Democratic Party has hooked its future to sanctuary city policies, which essentially allow illegal immigrants to move in without any fear of local authorities turning them over to federal law enforcement.  In effect, it's protected illegality.  But the public doesn't go along.  From Investors Business Daily: 

Nearly two-thirds of the public oppose "sanctuary cities." Less than a third say they back the policy, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll.

The IBD/TIPP poll asked about support for a policy in which "some cities in the U.S. do not report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal immigration authorities."

It found that 64% oppose the policy, with just 31% supporting it.

More interesting, while just 16% strongly support sanctuary cities, 45% strongly oppose the policy.

Every one of the 41 demographic groups broken out by the IBD/TIPP poll opposes this policy, except for Democrats (only 44% oppose) it, liberals (38% oppose) and those between 18 and 24 (48% of whom oppose this policy).

The strongest opposition comes from investors (71%), married women (70%), conservatives (79%), Gen-Xers (74%) and young boomers (72%).

Even Hispanics oppose this policy by a 57% to 39% margin.

COMMENT:  And yet, the Democratic Party shows no inclination toward changing its stance on sanctuary cities.  The party is today run by a radical, left of liberal, core.  It will not change its "principles" to suit public feeling.  These core Democrats consider themselves quite a bit better than we deplorables, and shout "racist" at anyone who disagrees with them.

The future of sanctuary cities is in the hands of the voters and the courts.  A mini-revolt in California against sanctuary cities has the potential to vote out public officials who support the practice.  The Supreme Court is likely to rule on specific aspects of sanctuary-city policies. 

June 8,  2018