Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who is running for governor, says he wants to cut off state funding to the city of Decatur for being a “sanctuary city.”
Cagle said in a Facebook post, “Liberal politicians in the City of Decatur are trying to put the interests of criminal illegal aliens ahead of our safety – and I will not allow it! I have led to outlaw and defund sanctuary cities, and we will always enforce our laws. If Decatur wants to provide sanctuary to criminal illegal aliens then they will have to operate without our funding!”
The city isn’t a sanctuary city, however. It has not declared itself to be a sanctuary city and has not acted on requests to adopt this status.
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