The ‘System’ IS being testing in new ways by the ICE/CBP Immigration dentention push….
THAT has pushed people, local and state officals to push back…..
Federal immigration officers face the prospect of being pulled over by local cops in one Oregon city. In another, they may be banned from using tear gas against protesters. In California and Michigan, local officials want to keep ICE and the Border Patrol from using public property for enforcement and a liberal enclave in Massachusetts may ban agents from getting a job with its police department.
The resistance to President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement campaign has emerged as a potent local issue in cities across the U.S. amid widespread outrage, fueled most recently by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.
“Sand in the gears is the best approach that we have found so far,” said Jamie Dunphy, the president of the City Council in Portland, Ore., which has imposed a “municipal impact fee” on a building leased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for operations in the city. Portland is also considering a ban on law enforcement using tear gas or any other chemical agents against protesters.
Efforts to thwart the president’s immigration enforcement campaign are proliferating in liberal cities, including Cambridge, Mass., and Richmond, Calif., underscoring the public anger over the issue and how local officials are working to appease angry constituents demanding action.
“This is something that we can control.” said Yi-An Huang, the city manager of Cambridge, Mass., which last week banned ICE from using city property for enforcement activity. There have not been instances of ICE using city property in Cambridge, Huang says, but he’s heard accounts from nearby cities….
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