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.
While reading the comments on this post it occurred to me. I read where sworn police officers knew there were laws being ignored and felt useless to do the right thing, even though they knew what that was. They felt it was someone else’s job. They felt they had done their job. This my friends is root of the problem America is sinking in. It has been said, and is written down, and it goes something like this. All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing. If America is to recover from the shape she is in we must restore the power to these good men, and every citizen of this great nation!
For starters law enforcement needs to have the right again to ask and detain anyone who is illegal. It’s total bs that police are not allowed to ask someone if their legal or not. It’s another step in protecting Americans. The only concern the left has is for illegals, refugees, and Muslims. They never talk about the safety of Americans. The democrats are nothing more than community activists.
Hitler never had to deal with 80 million legal gun owners. I understand what you are saying. A situation can go from one extreme to the other however the present situation needs to be dealt with. Cooperation with local law enforcement with the feds is currently on the way . Its hard to be an ICE agent when you are told to stand down by a rouge President.
F**e news!! President does not have the power or authority to deputized law enforcement!
I like it! Do it!
Obama’s reign of lawlessness is finally coming to an end!
Yes. Make it a 120 day enforcement law and see how it goes.
I’ll do the job. Deputize me.
I will say that I do agree with most of what Mr. Trump is doing , But the fact is very clear we must stay with the supreme law of the land , http://constitutionus.com/
As a retired municipal officer in a large city, we did enforce immigration laws just like bank robbery until Carter became president. We didn’t have the immigration problems in those days.