Sessions, Emanuel Clash Over Chicago’s Sanctuary City Lawsuit

The Washington Free Beacon reports on the war between Jeff Sessions and Rahm Emanuel :

"So if voters in Chicago are concerned about losing federal grant money: call your mayor," he said.

In Emanuel's interview with Axelrod, also conducted Wednesday and released Friday, the Chicago mayor responded. He said when Sessions is conducting misdirection when he ties Chicago's violent crime rate to its sanctuary city status. Emanuel further said the claim that crime is a result of illegal immigrants is false.

"First of all, it's not," Emanuel said. "The facts are the facts. You're allowed your own opinion; you're just not allowed your own facts."

"Immigrants, undocumented, are not the driving force for gun violence," he said.

"Our suit does protect the principle of community policing and protects our values as a welcoming city, and they are on the wrong side of the law, the wrong side of the values and the wrong side of criminal justice as it relates to community policing as a principle," Emanuel said, reiterating points from the city's lawsuit.

Emanuel claimed that he reached out to Sessions about funding for after school and summer programs.

"He has no interest in that," Emanuel said.

He also slammed the Trump administration, claiming that President Donald Trump's frequent citing of Chicago's violence problem has a "racial component."

Rahm Emanuel ( who sends his kids to private schools) implies racism.