English Dictionary

sanctuary city

名詞

In the United States and Canada, a city that allows undocumented immigrants to live and work without being arrested and deported by local authorities.

日本語の意味

アメリカやカナダにおいて、不法移民が逮捕や強制送還の対象とならず、住居や労働の機会を提供される都市 / 地元当局が不法移民への捜査・取締りを制限または行わない政策を採用している都市

As a sanctuary city, the municipality refused to cooperate with federal immigration agents and continued providing services to undocumented residents.

その自治体は、不法滞在者が地元当局によって逮捕や強制送還されることなく住み働ける都市として、連邦移民当局との協力を拒否し、不法滞在者へのサービスの提供を続けた。

意味（1）

In the United States and Canada, 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 sanctions.

sanctuary cities （ plural ）