How Sanctuary City Policies Backfire: Increasing Deportation Risk for Law-Abiding Immigrants

Immigration Policy Update: Community Safety and Deportation Concerns - Dr. Phil's MeritTV News - March 26, 2025

Attorney Deron Smallcomb from Modern Law Group analyzes the Trump Administration's intensified approach to sanctuary city policies. He examines how the practice of releasing undocumented individuals with pending criminal charges without ICE notification creates cascading effects.
Smallcomb highlights a key paradox: when authorities must conduct neighborhood and home searches rather than jail transfers, this broadens enforcement scope and increases deportation risk for law-abiding undocumented residents. The analysis explores how current policies may inadvertently undermine their stated community safety objectives while creating wider vulnerability for immigrant populations.