sanctuary city
English
Noun
sanctuary city (plural sanctuary cities)
- In the United States and Canada, a city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.
- 2012, Randy K. Lippert, Sean Rehaag, Sanctuary Practices in International Perspective, page 227:
- Regardless of any immediate connections Koch's directive might have had to sanctuary during the 1980s, by the time Congressional representatives were discussing the 1996 immigration reforms, New York City was coming up in policy debates as an example of a sanctuary city that should be targeted for sanctions.
- 2012, Randy K. Lippert, Sean Rehaag, Sanctuary Practices in International Perspective, page 227:
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