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immigrant populations: New York Bill de Blasio, Chicago Rahm Emanuel and Seattle Ed Murray are among those in sanctuary cities who have tried to soothe immigrant populations worried about Trump agenda, according to Toronto Star. Seattle has always been a welcoming city, Murray said Monday. Jeff Chiu / The Associated Press By Gene Johnson Associated Press Tues., Nov. 15, 2016 SEATTLE Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they ll do all they can to protect residents from deportation, despite president-elect Donald Trump vows to withhold potentially millions of dollars in taxpayer money if they don t co-operate. The last thing I want is for us to start turning on our neighbours. During the campaign, Trump gave an immigration speech in which he promised to end the sanctuary cities and said those that refuse to co-operate with federal authorities will not receive taxpayer dollars. In Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor Jorge Elorza, the son of Guatemalan immigrants, said he d continue a long-standing city policy of refusing to hold people charged with civil infractions for federal immigration officials, and Newark Ras Baraka echoed that, calling Trump rhetoric on immigration scary. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.