As the debate over President Trump’s immigration policy and initiatives grows, so does his apparent determination to see his campaign promises put into action. The left, as expected, is in a fit of self-righteous rage over the efforts being made to curtail illegal immigration and remove illegals from the US, especially those who have committed crimes. However, also as expected, Mr. Trump is not backing down in the face of such resistance to the enforcement of the law, but is doubling-down.
The possibility of federal over-reach is a concern, especially in matters of law enforcement. Most crimes are of a local nature, and as such are the proper responsibility of state and local law enforcement. Injecting federal authorities into local matters is seldom a good idea no matter how it appealing it might be at the time. Hence, those who love liberty should be concerned when they see anything that appears to move towards the federalization of the state and local police.
All of this said, we are in anything but a normal environment. Cities and states are in active rebellion against established federal laws regarding immigration, and are harboring illegals in an effort to thwart their deportation. It’s an outrageous situation, so it comes as little surprise that the solution being implemented is somewhat unconventional. More on page two.
If this is true, this is wonderful news!
Nice…. enforce the laws or face the consequence of being a douche bag….
I agree with refusing them federal funds. The country’s that hate Americans should lose funding also. If a neighbor is not willing to tell police who committed the crime, when it happens to them will they complain, yes they will. So until they clean up this mess put them in the poor house. Something has got to give.
Time to take our country back . Just enforce vthe laws on the books. Arrest the criminal, we are a constutional republic. We have gone from nationalize to populism,which means our government does not want to be a constutional republic or a federation state republic. The demacrates just want to gum up the government authority…
United we stand with President Trump!
Deputize amazing isn’t that their job wow what a dumb f***
She will trade in your uniform for brown shirt and when they build the ovens will you still be blind
Suprise Donald there are a lot of families of illegals that are on the Leo of America
Gropenfuhrer continues pushing his unfunded mandates attempting to force local governments to perform federal chores.
Local law enforcement has no funding nor capacity to investigate immigration status or house those for whom the federal government has allowed across the border but failed to provide visas or a path to citizenship.
The first step for the federal government is to set up a sensible immigration system that addresses the needs of our citizens and the 12,000,000 so called illegals who reside in the USA.
Once that system is properly funded and in place local communities can begin to help manage that system.
Dude–Immigration is a federal issue! There are good reasons why state and local law enforcement would prefer to stay out of it and let the feds do their job. The fact is that if you truly want enforcement of all laws you need to trim the list because there are not enough resources. In the absence of adequate resources state and local law enforcement must put the priority on enforcing the laws that are most significant to their jurisdiction.