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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on November 21, 2016, 01:05:19 pm

Title: Jeff Sessions may prosecute ‘sanctuary cities’ if confirmed as attorney general
Post by: rangerrebew on November 21, 2016, 01:05:19 pm

Jeff Sessions may prosecute ‘sanctuary cities’ if confirmed as attorney general

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Sunday, November 20, 2016

    Sen. Jeff Sessions is on record saying so-called “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal immigrants should be prosecuted. He himself may get that chance next year.

    Mr. Sessions is president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next attorney general, and if he’s confirmed — a very large if, at this point — he will mark a 180-degree turn from the Obama administration on a host of issues, but nowhere more so than on immigration, where he’s been the Senate’s leading crackdown proponent.

    From his first day in office, Mr. Sessions will have the power to strip some federal funding from sanctuary cities, thanks to rulings this year by the Justice Department’s inspector general, who said federal law requires localities to cooperate with immigration agents — and who provided an initial list of a handful of the worst offenders.


    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...-cities-if-co/

Title: Re: Jeff Sessions may prosecute ‘sanctuary cities’ if confirmed as attorney general
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on November 21, 2016, 02:15:40 pm
Prosecuting the cities?

Why not just enforce federal laws which make it a felony for harboring illegals?  Arrest the LA police chief, the mayor of Chicago for a start.

I think there would be no need to go after a city.
Title: Re: Jeff Sessions may prosecute ‘sanctuary cities’ if confirmed as attorney general
Post by: skeeter on November 21, 2016, 02:19:13 pm
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on November 21, 2016, 02:15:40 pm
Prosecuting the cities?

Why not just enforce federal laws which make it a felony for harboring illegals?  Arrest the LA police chief, the mayor of Chicago for a start.

I think there would be no need to go after a city.

Watching a few of these clowns frog marched off to prison is one of my fondest wishes. Maybe someone with a better understanding of the laws involved can tell us if thats even possible.
Title: Re: Jeff Sessions may prosecute ‘sanctuary cities’ if confirmed as attorney general
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on November 21, 2016, 02:27:41 pm
Quote from: skeeter on November 21, 2016, 02:19:13 pm
Watching a few of these clowns frog marched off to prison is one of my fondest wishes. Maybe someone with a better understanding of the laws involved can tell us if thats even possible.

How about the US DOJ?

https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1907-title-8-usc-1324a-offenses