Sanctuary City Athens — oops, Philadelphia — wants to have it both ways. While it refuses to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying that immigration is a federal responsibility, it subverts federal authority with the resolution. The resolution is a measure of the touchy-feeliness of where Council stands regarding established U.S. law — except for the three Republicans, David Oh, Al Taubenberger and Brian O'Neill. This is not as partisan as it seems, because the Democrats on Council also ignored President Obama and Mayor Rendell, each of whom called Sanctuary Cities a bad idea, while former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called them illegal.

