“The mayor can say what he wants to say -- he owns this,” Sergeants Benevolent Association Vice President Vincent Vallelong told reporters. Reeaz Khan, an illegal Guyanese immigrant, is accused of attacking Fuertes as she walked home on Jan. 6. But the NYPD followed the city’s sanctuary policy -- which limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities and means that most detainers are ignored -- and released him without informing ICE. “A phone call, one simple phone call and Maria Fuertes could be alive today,” a visibly furious Albence told reporters. Albence said that he had been told the same thing by cops enforcing the law in the Big Apple and elsewhere -- telling reporters that police “hate” sanctuary city laws.

Source: Fox News January 17, 2020 20:34 UTC