Democratic govs line up to fight Trump even as they dance around criminal illegal migrants

NY Post ^ | 2/01/25 | Post Editorial Board

[Libloather]

The Resistance may seem a thin shadow of what it was during Donald Trump’s first term — but it still has beaucoup horsepower, which leaves ambitious Dem politicos jockeying for place ahead of 2026 and 2028 stuck trying to thread the needle on the border crisis.

Like Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, facing a re-election fight in 2026 and hungrily eyeing the White House after that.

The bumptious billionaire has already done incalculable damage to his state via woke policies.

And he ain’t stopping now!

Pritzker recently offered a Kafka-esque defense of his plan to simply ignore federal law and refuse to comply with some of the president’s deportation efforts.

There’s “a law in the books in Illinois that says that our local law enforcement will stand up for those law-abiding undocumented people in our state,” said J.B.

Huh? “Law-abiding” illegal immigrants? There’s no such thing: They came here illegally.

On the other hand, the hotel heir is now firmly in favor of kicking out “asylum seekers” who commit “other” crimes.

But Pritzker is far from the only state executive playing cynical power politics around immigration to buff up electability cred.

Mass. Gov. Maura Healey, the wokest of the woke on the East Coast (and that’s saying something), also faces a possible ’26 contest.

She’s outlined a self-contradictory approach similar to Pritzker’s, saying in the fall, “I still remain opposed on efforts to target large swaths of an undocumented population who’ve done nothing wrong other than they’re here without lawful presence.”

[9YearLurker]

Not too many would support child molesting, but what part of “misguided” do you not understand?

[SMARTY]

If minorities in Chicago had it bad before... he made it worse for them.

THAT alone ought to get him outta there. It took a lot of courage for long standing DNC voters to stand up to decades of government overreach and fraud and that should be respected

[bert]

Pritzker in effect resigned Illinois from America.

Upon the resignation, the Governor forfeited all federal funding.

[Williams]

Owned by the cartels, with whom we are about to be at war.

[dforest]

That fat -uck Pritzker will never be a POTUS. He is as appealing as Chris Christie. 😏🤣

[Fai Mao]

The surgery for “Trans Children” is child molesting of the worst kind, Demonrats support that vocally. There is no other compassionate, loving position. Demonrats support molesting and mutilating children.

There are over 300,000 missing children of illegal immigrants. It is suspected that they’ve been sold into various forms of human trafficking (I.E. sex slaves), which is also child molesting.

The educational philosophy espoused in public schools keeps children from learning and instead seeks to make them reliable Demonrat voters. That is also for all practical purposes, child molesting.

Every Democrat is a child molester or supports those who are.

[rlmorel]

NEED TO BEGIN ENFORCEMENT.

NOW.

CUT OF ALL FEDERAL FUNDING TO LOCALITIES AND STATES AIDING ILLEGALS.

PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.

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8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

(a) Criminal penalties

(1)

(A) Any person who—

(i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;

(ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;

(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;

(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or

(v)

(I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or

(II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).


(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—


(i) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A) (ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;

(ii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;

(iii) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and

(iv) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.


(C) It is not a violation of clauses [1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.


(2) Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever, such alien, regardless of any official action which may later be taken with respect to such alien shall, for each alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs—

(A) be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or

(B) in the case of—

(i) an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,

(ii) an offense done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or

(iii) an offense in which the alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate immigration officer at a designated port of entry, be fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.


(3)
(A) Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien who—
(i) is an unauthorized alien (as defined in section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and

(ii) has been brought into the United States in violation of this subsection.
(4) In the case of a person who has brought aliens into the United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if—
(A) the offense was part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;

(B) aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and (C)
(i) aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or

(ii) the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States.


(b) Seizure and forfeiture
(1) In general
Any conveyance, including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be seized and subject to forfeiture.

(2) Applicable procedures
Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the Attorney General.

(3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of violations
In determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law:

(A) Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law. (B) Official records of the Service or of the Department of State showing that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(C) Testimony, by an immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that alien’s status, that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.

(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

(d) Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved) deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise expelled from the United States, or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence.

(e) Outreach program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of this section.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 274, 66 Stat. 228; Pub. L. 95–582, § 2, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 97–116, § 12, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 99–603, title I, § 112, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2610; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60024, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1981; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, §§ 203(a)–(d), 219, title VI, § 671(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–565, 3009–566, 3009–574, 3009–720; Pub. L. 106–185, § 18(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5401, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 796, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2165.)

[Brian Griffin]

Invaders who commit crimes should be removed. This is something Team Trump has legal authority to do.

The non-thug invaders should be financially squeezed by all means we can think of, hopefully right out of the USA:

1. no welfare, except Medicaid/Kidscare, for persons under age 2,

2. limit welfare to US born persons (an anchor baby shouldn’t be able to support a family on your tax dollars),

3. change Section 8 to pay by citizen adult/head of household,
first, up to 30% max, second, up to 10% max, and
by child born in the USA, first female by birth over 2, up to 20% max, first male by birth over 2, up to 20% max,
[if more money is needed, let the recipients borrow from their relatives’ Social Security accounts,
starting with the parents of the adult class recipients],

4. future financings of vehicles with a weight of over 300 pounds with a top speed of over 20 mph
to require insurance paid through the key financier,
with unlimited liability for each financing party involved, jointly and severely, if the insurance is not in place,

5. no alien to be permitted to acquire such a vehicle except with a down payment on the vehicle of at least $2,000,

6. an annual motor vehicle use fee of $1,999 for an alien not on a valid visa and lacking a passport from a visa exempt country,
payable if desired in monthly installments of $190 after the the initial $1,999 paid,

7. confiscation of motor vehicles if in violation 4, 5, or 6,

8. a CO2 emissions motor vehicle sales tax by vehicle weight, fully deductible on income tax,
[an illegal that crashes a vehicle every six months would pay every six months
as much as a domestic driver that drives safely for a dozen years or more would pay for as long as he/she owns the vehicle],

9. only adults having their valid TSA-acceptable photo ID to be able to transmit money,

10. a remittance tax of 10% on the first $2,000, 15% on the next $2,000, and then 20%,
levied per sender on a running 12-months basis,

11. foreign bound and alien transmissions of money to be held two days per $1,000 transmitted over a 12-month period by a sender,
federal law enforcement may add a delay of up to 30 days,
and judges may add delays of up to 30 days per order,
[to give law enforcement time to examine such transmissions and their intended recipients],

12. permit aliens to only send money to the US or to a country from which they have a valid passport
[to impede payment to Mexican cartels],

13. an additional alcoholic beverage tax of 50 cents per 16 ounces of beverage, by container,
to be charged unless paid for by a person with
a picture ID suitable for purchase of alcohol and integral/matching proof of legal residence in the USA
[a six-pack of Corona would cost the invader almost $15].

This will require changes in our laws, which should be done ASAP. Trump needs to work with Congress. Some changes can be made at the state level.

Confiscating an invader’s uninsured car is not going to cause whining among voters. The prime confiscation pathways would be federal highways with limited access. And if the aliens shun federal highways, we’ll have probable cause to suspect they are aliens illegally in the USA.

[The Antiyuppie]

“That fat -uck Pritzker will never be a POTUS. He is as appealing as Chris Christie. 😏🤣”

Maybe Fred Flintstone and Crispie could be on the same ticket in 2028. Real political heavyweights!

Of course, the Dem platform will need a LOT of shoring up…figuratively as well as literally.

[dforest]

Imagine what the problems would be for Air Force 1 and the landing gear.

[Brian Griffin]

“the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois...serves the forty-six counties in the heart of Illinois. This court hears cases in Peoria, Urbana, Springfield and Rock Island.”

https://www.ilcd.uscourts.gov/

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Thank you and keep posting about 8 U.S. Code § 1324.

I only found about it a few months ago in a post on FR. I was stunned I hadn’t heard of it before. I’ve made a few posts and references to it myself.

The Trump team ought to use this, refer to it often, and educate America. AS AN AMERICAN, I WANT THEM TO ENFORCE IT SPEEDILY AGAINST LEFTIST AND ANTI-AMERICAN ALIEN ENABLERS. Perhaps someone in the new administration will read about 8 U.S. Code § 1324 here and ask “Why aren’t we using this? Why aren’t we talking about this?”

It makes one wonder what other beneficial statutes aren’t known about or enforced. (Of course some woke and leftist statutes should be ignored and repealed.)

[Savage Beast]

What else would anyone expect from a political party that has championed every evil from slavery, the ku klux klan, and the Trail of Tears to infanticide, the American gulag, and the destruction of the USA?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Why hasn’t Hakeem Skyhook been arrested yet for calling for an insurrection in America by communists and their very low I.Q. freeloading illegal aliens. Where the hell is their so called “ethics” bull****? Hakeem has committed a criminal act here. How come Skyhook is so white. He looks like a white supremacist.

[lurk]

Are they going to put up a wall to keep Tom Holman out?

[Cobra64]

Yes, we know that.

[Cobra64]

The obvious course of action would have been to arrest them. Everyone is afraid to ask Trump why he is letting mayors and governors off from being handcuffed and jailed.

[ridesthemiles]

THE JAIL CELLS FOR GOVERNORS ARE THE SAME AS FOR THE INVADERS-——JUST SAYING

[ridesthemiles]

WOULD LOVE TO SEE BASS OUT OF THE WAY OF REBUILDING

[simpson96]

We'll see if Maura Healy, perhaps the most woke libtard governor of all, gets ousted in 2026.