sanctuary city
n.— «Enforcing immigration law “really isn’t our job,” he said. “That’s the INS’s…This is a sanctuary city, and we have city policies we have to abide by.”» —“Hundreds line up to get consular ID cards” by Carol Ness San Francisco Chronicle (California) Dec. 6, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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