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70sEraVet

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Sat Oct 12, 2024, 03:16 PM Oct 2024

Quite well pissed at American Legion leadership right now [View all]

I got an email today from the National Headquarters, their newsletter. One of the big announcements was "NEC (National Executive Committee) ADOPTS NEW IMMIGRATION REFORM RESOLUTION"!


The National Executive Committee of The American Legion passed a resolution on immigration reform Wednesday, Oct. 9, during the annual Fall Meetings in Indianapolis that supersedes and rescinds four resolutions.
Resolution No. 10: Immigration Reform, resolved clause states, “That The American Legion opposes federal investment in sanctuary cities and other programs that may undermine the rule of law and incentivize illegal residency;

https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/security/2024/october/nec-adopts-new-immigration-reform-resolution

So, less than a month before this Presidential election, the American Legion leadership is calling for the reinstatement of the Executive Order that Trump issued in 2017, cutting off federal funds going to any 'sanctuary cities', an Executive Order that Biden rescinded as soon as he came in office!
Kind of a back-room endorsement?
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