Harboring and Shielding Aliens and Other Federal Felony Offenses: A Thought Experiment
By Dan Cadman on March 6, 2018
A few days ago I blogged about the most recent outrageous conduct of Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf, who took it upon herself to publicly expose an impending enforcement action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents targeting aliens, including criminal aliens, who were either fugitives from immigration removal proceedings, or who were believed to have reentered the United States illegally after having been previously removed.
In that blog, I raised the possibility that several federal felony charges might be levied against Schaaf (and possibly others who conspired with her), depending on the exact facts at play, which are admittedly not fully known, at least publicly. The Justice Department is allegedly investigating Schaaf's conduct (which she claims wasn't criminal since she didn't "officially" receive the information, although that is an egregious misunderstanding of the law). As I suggested, the most relevant statutes appear to be.
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