ABC Nightline: IDP Director Alisa Wellek Defends “Sanctuary Laws”

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alisa-abc-nightlineIDP has been working for years to convince localities to pass legislation protecting the human rights of immigrants, including ending collaboration with the federal government’s mass detention and deportation machine. Unfortunately, Donald Trump and others have used a senseless killing in San Francisco to demonize so-called “sanctuary cities” and roll back our hard-won gains.

Watch Alisa’s appearance on Nightline below, her comments begin at the 4:12 mark.