DHS preparing to arrest leaders of sanctuary cities

[driftdiver]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/16/dhs-asks-prosecutors-charge-sanctuary-city-leaders/

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

“The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available,” Ms. Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Her confirmation came after California’s new sanctuary law went into effect Jan. 1, severely restricting cooperation the state or any of its localities could offer.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It's about time.

The cells they are thrown in should be where some of the illegals are also thrown in, so they can analyze more closely who it is they are defending.

[Bigun]

It's about time.

The cells they are thrown in should be where some of the illegals are also thrown in, so they can analyze more closely who it is they are defending.

Absolutely!  Agree on all counts!
 

[Cripplecreek]

Not one will spend 24 hours in a jail cell.

[driftdiver]

Not one will spend 24 hours in a jail cell.

Perhaps but I can think of several possible charges.

- obstruction of justice
- conspiracy
- accessory to murder in individual cases
- probably falls under RICO
- since they are taking federal money I'm sure corruption charges are there somewhere

I'm sure a motivated prosecutor could think of plenty more.

[XenaLee]

Not one will spend 24 hours in a jail cell.

It's just as well.   If it did happen, I'm sure the idiot left would be accusing Trump of running things like a Nazi would.  Much better to levee hefty fines ... hit them where it really hurts... their wallets.

[mystery-ak]

 By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

“The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available,” Ms. Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Her confirmation came after California’s new sanctuary law went into effect Jan. 1, severely restricting cooperation the state or any of its localities could offer.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan says those policies put his officers and local communities at more risk because they have to arrest illegal immigrants out in the community.

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/16/dhs-asks-prosecutors-charge-sanctuary-city-leaders/

[WingNot]

It's just as well.   If it did happen, I'm sure the idiot left would be accusing Trump of running things like a Nazi would.  Much better to levee hefty fines ... hit them where it really hurts... their wallets.

Any good liberal would go to jail rather than compromise their principles.   Lock the bastards up!  I wanna see the bitches cry and scream bloody hell.

[Sanguine]

Wouldn't that be something!

[MOD3]

Topics merged.

[dfwgator]

Any good liberal would go to jail rather than compromise their principles.   Lock the bastards up!  I wanna see the bitches cry and scream bloody hell.

Too bad they don't have the kind of commitment that Bobby Sands did.

[driftdiver]

Rather than simply saying "It'll never happen" why don't we say "bout dang time" and give our Congressional lazy butts a call.   Maybe put it on social media, heck do anything to encourage enforcement of the actual laws.

[edpc]

Rather than simply saying "It'll never happen" why don't we say "bout dang time" and give our Congressional lazy butts a call.   Maybe put it on social media, heck do anything to encourage enforcement of the actual laws.

It is about time, because this is what we were promised….



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8lDYrvTILc

[driftdiver]

It is about time, because this is what we were promised….



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-8lDYrvTILc

I try to be realistic, the federal govt moves slow.

I knew a director of an agency at one point.  She told me things that took 30 seconds in her prior commercial positions took 6 months working for the feds.

[edpc]

I try to be realistic, the federal govt moves slow.

I knew a director of an agency at one point.  She told me things that took 30 seconds in her prior commercial positions took 6 months working for the feds.

Too true. Anyone who has been in the military is familiar with the concept of hurry up and wait.

[skeeter]

Any good liberal would go to jail rather than compromise their principles.   Lock the bastards up!  I wanna see the bitches cry and scream bloody hell.

My dream is to see Jerry Brown spend his final days on a Metamucil drip in a Lompoc infirmary.

[DB]

The "Judge" doesn't agree:

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/even-judge-napolitano-thinks-trumps-sanctuary-city-policy-is-a-legal-loser/

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Lock them up!

[Smokin Joe]

Any good liberal would go to jail rather than compromise their principles.   Lock the bastards up!  I wanna see the bitches cry and scream bloody hell.

Are you kidding? Half of those jackwagons would enjoy being used like Abdullah's goat.

[montanajoe]

This is a very bad idea and a very bad president if implemented. It baffles me that anyone who calls themselves a conservative would think that its ok for the federal government to bring criminal charges against local officials for failing to enforce federal laws against the citizens of that locality.

I understand the emotional response but think about it, say sometime in the not to distant future, the Feds criminalize ownership of guns by anyone over 65 who cannot prove they do not suffer from dementia. The local officials in retirement communities  refuse to enforce the Federal law. Using this precedent a future Dim administration comes in and locks up the local officials...

The way (and I don't like it ) to get local/state governments to comply with Federal law is by withholding Federal funding ..

Criminalizing the actions of locally elected officials defying Federal law is not the way to go and is an unconstitutional usurpation of local control by the Feds.....

[edpc]

This is a very bad idea and a very bad president if implemented. It baffles me that anyone who calls themselves a conservative would think that its ok for the federal government to bring criminal charges against local officials for failing to enforce federal laws against the citizens of that locality.

I understand the emotional response but think about it, say sometime in the not to distant future, the Feds criminalize ownership of guns by anyone over 65 who cannot prove they do not suffer from dementia. The local officials in retirement communities  refuse to enforce the Federal law. Using this precedent a future Dim administration comes in and locks up the local officials...

The way (and I don't like it ) to get local/state governments to comply with Federal law is by withholding Federal funding ..

Criminalizing the actions of locally elected officials defying Federal law is not the way to go and is an unconstitutional usurpation of local control by the Feds.....

I understand what you're saying, but look at it this way.  If Federal Marshals come to your house to arrest a fugitive and you refuse to comply, you're getting arrested and charged for harboring.  That's exactly what they're doing with open defiance like this.....


In Boston, Mayor Marty Walsh called the executive order an attack on "Boston’s people, Boston’s strength and Boston’s values.”

“If people want to live here, they’ll live here,” Walsh told reporters at a news conference. “They can use my office. They can use any office in this building.”

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/25/big-us-city-mayors-vow-defy-trump-sanctuary-cities-order/97066272/

[skeeter]

This is a very bad idea and a very bad president if implemented. It baffles me that anyone who calls themselves a conservative would think that its ok for the federal government to bring criminal charges against local officials for failing to enforce federal laws against the citizens of that locality.

I understand the emotional response but think about it, say sometime in the not to distant future, the Feds criminalize ownership of guns by anyone over 65 who cannot prove they do not suffer from dementia. The local officials in retirement communities  refuse to enforce the Federal law. Using this precedent a future Dim administration comes in and locks up the local officials...

The way (and I don't like it ) to get local/state governments to comply with Federal law is by withholding Federal funding ..

Criminalizing the actions of locally elected officials defying Federal law is not the way to go and is an unconstitutional usurpation of local control by the Feds.....

To the contrary, such prosecution would be reassuring. Anyone - private citizens, elected officials, fat assed local bureaucrats - ANYONE should be subject to the same penalties for breaking federal laws.

If a private employer thumbs his nose at federal immigration laws he should be punished. Likewise public officials.

[truth_seeker]

Too bad they don't have the kind of commitment that Bobby Sands did.

Now there is a guy that did more than beat his gums, over "Principles."

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It's just as well.   If it did happen, I'm sure the idiot left would be accusing Trump of running things like a Nazi would.

Who in the hell cares what the idiot left thinks about it?

Much better to levee hefty fines ... hit them where it really hurts... their wallets.

BS - They would suffer far far more if behind bars.  Fines are paid by the political supporters, but those same supporters would not be the ones in jail

[Cripplecreek]

This is a very bad idea and a very bad president if implemented. It baffles me that anyone who calls themselves a conservative would think that its ok for the federal government to bring criminal charges against local officials for failing to enforce federal laws against the citizens of that locality.

I understand the emotional response but think about it, say sometime in the not to distant future, the Feds criminalize ownership of guns by anyone over 65 who cannot prove they do not suffer from dementia. The local officials in retirement communities  refuse to enforce the Federal law. Using this precedent a future Dim administration comes in and locks up the local officials...

The way (and I don't like it ) to get local/state governments to comply with Federal law is by withholding Federal funding ..

Criminalizing the actions of locally elected officials defying Federal law is not the way to go and is an unconstitutional usurpation of local control by the Feds.....

Frankly I'm glad my state is refusing to comply with some federal environmental laws.