Homeland Security pursues charges against leaders of sanctuary cities

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Thursday, 18 January 2018

quote [ 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. ]

This is going to end well...

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hellboy said^[1] @ 12:33am GMT on 19th Jan [Score:3 Underrated]

So much for states' rights. Oh, that's right, when they say "states' rights" what they mean is "white rights".

Ankylosaur said @ 1:10am GMT on 19th Jan

If armed resistance to the enforcing of federal laws was acceptable for Cliven Bundy and pals...

Menchi said @ 6:40am GMT on 19th Jan

States' whites.

rapscallion said @ 3:26pm GMT on 20th Jan

Bullshit.

Ankylosaur said @ 1:23am GMT on 19th Jan [Score:2]

‘We will prosecute’ employers who help immigration sweeps, California AG says

The state’s top cop issued a warning to California employers Thursday that businesses face legal repercussions, including fines up to $10,000, if they assist federal immigration authorities with a potential widespread immigration crackdown.

“It’s important, given these rumors that are out there, to let people know – more specifically today, employers – that if they voluntarily start giving up information about their employees or access to their employees in ways that contradict our new California laws, they subject themselves to actions by my office,” state Attorney General Xavier Becerra said at a news conference. “We will prosecute those who violate the law.”

bbqkink said @ 12:40am GMT on 19th Jan

Federal Court Blocks Trump's Crackdown on Sanctuary Cities

A federal judge in Illinois blocked the Justice Department from denying grant money to sanctuary cities on Friday, handing the Trump administration another defeat in its efforts to crack down on jurisdictions that oppose federal immigration policy.

Sessions DOJ lost and they are trying to put a good face on it that is all...and Washington Times....really

knumbknutz said @ 5:00am GMT on 19th Jan [Score:1 Informative]

This just popped up on my feed as well - Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to bar any branch of city government from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Full Article:

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Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to bar any branch of city government from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The resolution mandates that city employees do not aide immigration agents in any capacity before, during, or after planned ICE raids within the city limits.

The vote came a day after the San Francisco Chronicle reported plans by ICE to launch a series of raids across the Bay Area to arrest upwards of 1,500 undocumented and unauthorized immigrants. The raids were understood to be a response to California's recently enacted sanctuary state law that limits the federal government's ability to obtain custody of immigrants detained in state jails and forbids police officers from arresting people on civil immigration warrants and joining immigration task forces.

The resolution is also in response to recent reports that the Department of Justice is considering arresting state and local officials if they enforce so-called sanctuary policies: Earlier this month, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan said on Fox News that the Justice Department needs to "start charging some of these politicians" in sanctuary cities.

“The head of ICE has made public statements that have helped make it more clear that ICE is not actually focusing on solving serious and violent crime, but is focused on being part of [President Donald] Trump’s political vendetta,” Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who introduced the resolution alongside Councilwoman Desley Brooks, told the Oakland Tribune on Wednesday.

In a statement, Homan decried the City Council's vote as irresponsible and dangerous.

“I am saddened by the Oakland City Council’s obvious lack of concern for law enforcement officers’ well-being and their careless disregard for their own responsibility to protect public safety,” he said.

The vote was celebrated by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, who on Wednesday told a local CBS affiliate that she would go to jail if it meant defending her city's sanctuary policies.

“We are exercising our legal right to be a Sanctuary City and to protect our residents,” Schaaf told KPIX 5 of her opposition to ICE raids. “The fact that the federal government is suggesting that it is actively retaliating against jurisdictions that are exercising their right to have sanctuary policies—that is what is illegal.”

According to the Chronicle, Bay Area officials have not been notified by ICE of any upcoming mass raids, but it's unclear whether local authorities would receive any notice from the agency before such raids took place.

Proponents of sanctuary policies contend that distancing the federal government from local authorities allows immigrants to better report crimes and other issues to city governments. Detractors say that such policies are a violation of federal law and undermine the country's ability to enforce its immigration policies.

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