Posted on 07/15/2015 5:14:07 AM PDT by bestintxas
Congress has the power of the purse. So they could shut off money to these sanctuary cities within a couple of months max.
But wait! We have a Republican controlled House AND Senate. However since we also have a Democrat President, they will not.
We will see the usual Kabuki with all the sounds and furies and TV appearances, but the money will keep flowing into places like San Francisco.
The Kate Steinle and other victims of illegals are just collateral damage and are really expendable to their goals.
Democrat voters and Republican cheap labor.
Arizona can’t defend itself against a criminal invasion but major Liberal cities can disregard Federal and state laws at a whim...
Mr. Johnson said he’s made personal appeals to San Francisco to rethink its refusal to let police cooperate with federal immigration agents
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and he did this when ???
Proof ???
PING
This is the same government that tells us what kind of lightbulbs we can use and how much water per flush our toilets can consume.
To put it more succintly:
The Federal government does not have the power to do anything it doesn’t want to.
Unfit to hold his office.
He’s not a fool, just a liar.
The Obama Admin is excellent at issuing threats to cut off Federal funds for states and localities that don’t do as they’re told. See the HUD fair housing thing.
DHS moves to cut off the grants it sends to San Fran, watch how quickly San Fran drops the whole sanctuary city nonsense.
Yeah, then I guess I’m declaring myself beyond federal control as pertains to obamacare, NSA, taxes, etc. bugger off feds!
Religious sanctuary cities coming right up!
Wonder if he’ll still believe that when Dearborn, Michigan starts granting sanctuary to AQ and ISIS members?
Exactly.
Let some city/town pass an ordinance requiring land lords not rent to illegals then you will see quick federal control.
Saw the clip of this clown testifying yesterday in committee.
He was asked about Kathleen Steinle.
With a straight face he said “Who?”
This is the man is charge of immigration and homeland security, and Ms. Searle has been front page in the news and social media for almost two weeks.
And this clown did not know who she was?
F’in liar.
I do believe that has already been attempted.
A town in Pennsylvania if I remember correctly.
They lost, the illegals won.
But the border jumpers did leave for a while.
Right! Because, I’m sure you’ve been told by many here, like I have, that any Republican is better than a Democrat.
I suspect old nose-in-the-air Jeh would step in...
Its federal law, let the feds enforce it instead of pushing these costs off on the local Taxpayer.
The second thing, when local LEOs are enforcing federal immigration law, immigrants refuse to co-operate with them, out of fear that they will get deported.
Third, local law enforcement sets themselves up for lawsuits when they hold a prisoner without charges, while they wait for the understaffed ICE to get around to doing what they are supposed to do.
The solution is very simple, hire more ICE agents.
The GOP doesn't want to hire more ICE agents because they can get a lot more political mileage out of hiring/expanding border enforcement.
letter to both my MN rat senators:
We hope you are as worried by the Obama administration’s recent decisions to restrict the ability of DHS and ICE to enforce immigration laws as we are. The administration has made it nearly impossible for the agencies to apprehend and detain illegal aliens. We hope you will pass important pieces of legislation, such as Sen. Jeff Sessions’ Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, to require the administration to enforce the law.
The Obama administration has taken steps to enact its “Priority Enforcement Program” (PEP). This program prohibits ICE agents from directly targeting illegal aliens for removal and only allows ICE to detain arrested illegal aliens who have committed the most egregious crimes. ICE can no longer detain illegal aliens for offenses including drug possession, theft, fraud, and cases involving most crimes of moral turpitude.
Moreover, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced: “I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children. In short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued.” Even though a new report shows that 84% of illegal aliens who crossed the border during the recent border surge never showed up for their court hearings, the administration believes it is bad policy, or perhaps just unflattering politics, to hold illegal aliens until their cases can he heard. This makes it unlikely that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens will ever face asylum proceedings and will be free to remain in the country.
The administration’s refusal to enforce the law puts our national security at risk. Congress needs to act to rectify the situation and make sure immigration laws are enforced. Several proposed bills already before Congress would help to remedy the situation. One bill, the Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act, would allow state and local police agencies to enforce immigration laws, crack down on renegade sanctuary cities, and empower ICE agents to enforce the law. This bill needs to be passed to check President Obama’s overreach and ensure our nation’s security.
Please do all you can to get it passed.
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