Should President Obama Veto Legislation That Would Block Money for Sanctuary Cities? [POLL]

The White House announced on Thursday that President Obama would veto legislation targeting sanctuary cities that the House passed Thursday according to the Washington Examiner.

The Obama administration on Thursday threatened to veto a House bill that would strip federal law enforcement grants from "sanctuary cities."

The bill would deny cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration laws certain Justice Department grants, and is expected to get a House vote on Thursday. The bill is a response to the shooting death of Kate Steinle by an illegal immigrant who had been deported several times.

An illegal immigrant, Francisco Sanchez, was a convicted felon but was released from custody by law enforcement in San Francisco in April, despite a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement order to hold him so he could again be deported. He has been charged with killing the 32-year-old Steinle.

But a White House statement indicated that the Obama administration doesn't see that event as a reason to pressure sanctuary cities to enforce federal laws.

"This bill fails to offer comprehensive reforms needed to fix the nation's broken immigration laws, undermines current administration efforts to remove the most dangerous convicted criminals and to work collaboratively with state and local law enforcement agencies, and threatens the civil rights of all Americans by authorizing state and local officials to collect information regarding any private citizen's immigration status, at any time, for any reason, and without justification," the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy issued Thursday morning.

"If the President were presented with H.R. 3009, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto this bill," the statement said.

The veto threat was released just moments before Steinle's father was set to testify in a House subcommittee on the threat that sanctuary cities pose to public safety.

It also came just one day after White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the administration didn't take such legislation "particularly seriously."

Should the President veto this legislation? Let us know in today's KFYO Poll of the Day.