Safe at home: Some cities offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants

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Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
By Grant Martin
Cronkite News21

Dozens of cities nationwide have taken steps to protect immigrants from close scrutiny of their legal status. These “sanctuary cities” have been championed by liberals and condemned by conservatives, and they are called home by many of the estimated 10.8 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

This report by Arizona State University’s News21 incubator examines policies in Princeton, N.J., Oakland, Calif., San Francisco and Virginia suburbs near the nation’s capital.

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