Local and State officals ARE working togthere in several places, trying to counter problems will ICE that it appears the Fed’s won’t touch….
Elected Democrats in major U.S. cities have banded together to try to block the Trump administration from aggressive immigration operations such as the one now winding down in Minneapolis, issuing a slate of policy changes and vowing to prosecute agents who violate local laws.
Over the past two weeks, mayors in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boston, Oakland and Seattle have signed executive orders attempting to restrict how and where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can operate in their cities. The policies broadly seek to restrict ICE agents from city property and parks and, in some cases, direct local police to monitor the activities of federal agents.
In a corresponding move, a group of about a dozen local prosecutors is warning that ICE agents will be prosecuted under local law if they commit a crime while carrying out their duties to detain undocumented immigrants. The group, led by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D), vows such prosecutions could occur even after President Donald Trump is out of office.
“Appeasers fail, and people fight back when they are up against an enemy of this nature,” Krasner said in an interview. “And these are the enemies of the United States of America because these people are profoundly and fundamentally anti-equality and anti-American.”
The efforts, coordinated by civil rights and Democratic-aligned groups, represent a new phase in the building battle between Trump and local elected officials, who are worried their city will be the next targeted by the federal government for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws. (On Tuesday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed legislation making Maryland the latest state to prohibit local law enforcement from formal cooperation with federal authorities on immigration arrests.)…
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