Sanctuary Cities of Defiance

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The American Conservative

Sanctuary Cities of Defiance

Another front in the post-election 'resistance.'

By W. JAMES ANTLE III • July 14, 2017

For a few weeks this winter, the biggest immigration news came not from Washington, D.C., but one of its affluent suburbs—Rockville, Maryland. Two Hispanic teenagers, one 18 and the other 17, were accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a high school bathroom. The “Rockville rape case” became a staple of cable news and talk radio. White House press secretary Sean Spicer mentioned it in one of his daily briefings, citing the incident as an example of why President Trump’s commitment to stronger immigration enforcement was sorely needed.

“Part of the reason that the president has made illegal immigration and crackdown such a big deal is because of tragedies like this,” Spicer said in March. “Immigration takes its toll on our people if it is not done legally.”

Breitbart, the conservative website formerly associated with top Trump White House political strategist Stephen Bannon, ran several stories highlighting the gory details of the rape allegations. One reported that, according to police, “the suspects allegedly forced a girl to perform oral sex on them in a bathroom stall while they raped and sodomized her, despite her crying out in pain, begging them to stop.”