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sanctuary cities

sanctuary cities is the plural of sanctuary city.

Meaning of sanctuary city

Noun

sanctuary city (plural sanctuary cities)

  1. (Canada, US) A city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.
    • Regardless of any immediate connections Koch's directive might have had to sanctuary during the 1980s, by the time Congressional representatives were discussing the 1996 immigration reforms, New York City was coming up in policy debates as an example of a sanctuary city that should be targeted for...2012, Randy K. Lippert, Sean Rehaag, Sanctuary Practices in International Perspective, page 227

Questions about sanctuary cities

What is sanctuary cities the plural of?
Sanctuary cities is the plural of sanctuary city.

Words near sanctuary cities in the dictionary

  1. sanctuarize
  2. sanctuarized
  3. sanctuarizes
  4. sanctuarizing
  5. sanctuary
  6. sanctuary cities
  7. sanctuary city
  8. Sanctuary Point
  9. sanctuarylike
  10. sanctum
  11. sanctum sanctorum

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