Opinion of "sanctuary cities"?

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This has never been polled here, despite the GOP's obsession with the topic this cycle.

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I don't even know what it is.

They are local municipalities (including the vast majority of the bigger cities in the U.S.) where the police are not allowed to inquire about resident's immigration status.

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My brother is a former police officer in Los Angeles. He said that requiring the police to inquire about a resident's immigration status just makes his job harder. It takes time away from focusing on public safety and scares many undocumented people who may have information about a crime.

You want the public to communicate and interact with the police. Immigration is a federal responsibility.

So, what do opponents say about this? Because I think a lot of opponents may not understand the reality of living in a large city (especially a port like San Fran). Police have got more than enough things to worry about without poking at that hive.

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Wtf? I think the term "sanctuary city" confuses things tbh. It's not like these municipal governments are going full Calhoun. They're just defining the rules of their own municipal police force as not covering migration law to make it easier to, err, fight crime as opposed to fruitlessly round up every single undocumented worker and deport them.