'Because shut up': Why is it OK to ignore immigration laws, but not THESE laws?

Sarah D. | 2:19 PM on July 09, 2015

Remember Francisco Sanchez? He’s the illegal immigrant who had been deported five — yes, five — times before killing Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco, one of the U.S.’s so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Now, if you’ve got a sense of how laws are supposed to work, you’re probably wondering how sanctuary cities exist in the first place. You’re not alone.

Mark Fuhrman on “sanctuary city” policies: “I’m not understanding just how you ignore federal law.” #KellyFile

— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 9, 2015

Here’s a great question:

@megynkelly – if we don't like fed law we can declare our city or state a sanctuary and not follow law? Does that work with any law?

— Hawk74 (@RolsenSEL) July 9, 2015

Well, you know what they say: What’s good for the goose …

@megynkelly So if San Fransisco can ignore Federal Law does that mean we can ignore Obamacare? We can call them Sanity Cities.

— ➿♠️QuAtRo♠️➿ (@hilwilli) July 9, 2015

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/619200429587623936

https://twitter.com/andrewtwalk/status/619200910007341056

Follow up question: Why can a business deny rights of the 2A but can't refuse rights to a cake? https://t.co/SbcClshOzy

— Dr. Ramirez ?? ??? (@cybr_gk) July 9, 2015

Oh, who are we kidding? We know exactly why selective law enforcement is a thing.

https://twitter.com/DesScorp/status/619203623000625152

@andrewtwalk @seanmdav some things are good and some are bad. You follow the 'good' laws and ignore the 'bad' ones.

— Rani ~ Science Skeptic ? (@MilitaryRosary) July 9, 2015