Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is formally directing city officials to re-inspect a Springfield church serving as an immigrant sanctuary for what he calls illegal housing aspects.
Sarno shared on the city's website the contents of an email sent to Springfield's building commissioner, fire commissioner and other code enforcement officers on Tuesday, a day after the South Congregational Church took in an illegal immigrant who was scheduled to be deported to Peru, plus her two children.
Sarno said in the email that he also wants the city to strip the church of its tax-exempt status.
Meantime, a Springfield City Councilor who is also a State Senate candidate Adam Gomez calls the Mayor misinformed about the current immigration issues in this country and at one point called the mayor "Trumplike" in his views on the issue.