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Commentary: White House has an immigration paradox

You might have heard that President Donald Trump is sending migrant detainees to so-called sanctuary cities. Or maybe he’s not? Figuring out the proposal’s status was hard enough when the president first contradicted his administration’s initial claims that it had already been rejected. In the days since, things have become even more muddled, to the point that the proposal has become a paradox, being both the president’s policy and not his policy at the same time.

On the one hand, Trump tweeted Saturday evening, "Democrats must change the Immigration Laws FAST. If not, Sanctuary Cities must immediately ACT to take care of the Illegal Immigrants.