"The proposal, which would withhold federal law enforcement funds for state or local governments that refuse to cooperate with federal [emphases added] immigration agents, ..."
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
Note that writings by both James Madison, Madison generally regarded as the father of the Constitution, and also Thomas Jefferson, indicate that the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to regulate immigration, immigration uniquely a 10th Amendment-protected state power issue.
And not only is the proposed PC bill unsurprisingly unconstitutional regardless if patriots support the legislation, but we’ll probably never hear the corrupt GOP admit that the so-called federal funds that the GOP is threatening the states with losing should never have left the states in the first place. This is evidenced by the following clarification by state sovereignty-respecting ustices concerning Congress’s limited power to lay taxes.
“Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.” —Justice John Marshall, Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
Sanctuary cities would have better access to funding if the feds weren’t stealing state revenues though unconstitutional taxes.
And partly as a consequence of 17th Amendment gridlock, the state legislatures no longer having control over the Senate as the Founding States had intended, corrupt senators would probably ignore their states and pass this unconstitutional bill if the RINO-controlled House does.
As mentioned in related threads, if patriots don’t like sanctuary cities which are reasonably based on 10th Amendment-protected state power imo, then patriots need to work with local and state lawmakers to make state laws to resolve the issue. (Putting a stop to unconstitutional federal taxes is not going to be easy, especially while the 17th Amendment is in effect.)
Alternatively, patriots could work with state and federal lawmakers to appropriately amend the federal Constitution.
>>>if patriots don’t like sanctuary cities which are reasonably based on 10th Amendment-protected state power imo<<<
Didn’t you get the Memo? The SCOTUS gutted the Tenth Amendment a few Weeks ago. The White House celebrated the occasion by lighting up the White House like a Rainbow.
So, each State should get to decide the standards of whom becomes a Citizen of these United States, with all Rights and privileges thereof?
That’s exactly what we have happening in these ‘sanctuary cities’: given licenses, work vouchers, welfare, ‘free’ education, SSN, etc....non-citizens trumping the Rights of Citizens.
No, thanks, this is one of the FEW areas best left up to the Fed. govt, as per A4S4. This invasion, and I’d like to know: after what # of MILLION of illegals constitute an (unarmed) invasion?, should be quickly and efficiently repelled.
Unfortunately, SCOTUS nurtured those States wishing to enforce their borders AND Fed law, while also allowing Fedzilla to to be derelict in its enforcement of the same...if not TREASONOUS for aiding and abetting the illegal invaders!