June 01, 2006 08:00 AM UTC

"Sanctuary City" Billboards Hit Denver Area

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• by: Colorado Pols

From 9News.com:

A group called Billboard Colorado has posted full-size billboards at the intersections of 21st and California and 6th Avenue and I-25 in Denver to bring attention to the issue.

One billboard reads “Mr. President, Mr. Governor, Mr. Mayor, They did not die for illegal sanctuary.” The words sit next to three soldier helmets sitting on rifle butts with their bayonets buried in blood.

The second billboard says “Welcome to Sanctuary City.” Critics have said Denver’s immigration policy is a sanctuary for illegal immigrants as the city does not routinely take undocumented residents into custody for violating immigration laws. Mayor John Hickenlooper has said the city does not have a “sanctuary policy” and that immigration law is supposed to be enforced by federal authorities.

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