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Trump’s Genius Strategy To Side-Step Sanctuary City Policies Is Revealed (using felony warrants instead of ICE detainers)
Trending Politics ^ | 6/11/2025 | Mark Steffen

Posted on 06/11/2025 11:46:17 AM PDT by Signalman

Trump administration officials are laying the groundwork for a bold new strategy to sidestep local opposition to their immigration agenda, according to a Fox News contributor who said he’s impressed with their plans.

Marc Thiessen, a previous speech writer to former President George W. Bush, told a Fox panel he was left amazed after learning that immigration officials, led by White House border czar Tom Homan and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, will soon begin employing a new classification of law-breaking behavior by illegal immigrants that sanctuary cities and states may find impossible to ignore.

Until now, sanctuary locales have been generally free to ignore civil detainers by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, which are lodged when federal officials receive notice that a suspected illegal immigrant has been placed in custody. The suspects are frequently given court appearances, either walking on recognizance or posting bond before ICE agents can arrive days later to apprehend them.

But such jurisdictions will be no match for felony federal warrants, a new charge that the Trump administration plans to slap illegal immigrants with after they are located.

“Two elections now, Donald Trump has beaten the Democrats, powered by illegal immigration, and they still can’t seem to get it right,” Thiessen said while speaking about the Los Angeles riots. “You have people literally burning cars, throwing rocks at ICE agents, and the Democrats are siding with the protesters over the administration trying to restore law and order.”

“And what has the left riled up, and what’s causing all this, is that the Trump administration has figured out a way around sanctuary city laws. Local officials can refuse to honor an ICE detainer, but they can’t refuse to honor a federal felony warrant. So the Trump administration has this thing called Operation Guardian Angel, where they are charging illegal migrants who reenter the country with felony illegal reentry, and then they are presenting the local jurisdictions with federal felony warrants, and they have to hand them over. So they’ve been handing over hundreds of illegal migrants to ICE, and this has set people off—they found a way to basically lock the sanctuary city policies.”

Fox News host Shannon Bream noted that the ACLU has denounced the tactic as an “inflammatory and abusive use of power.”

“By taking this action, the Trump administration is putting them in danger, creating jeopardy for troops, and recklessly undermining our foundational democratic principle that the military should not police civilians,” she responded, RCP reported.

But Trump believes he is well within the majority of public approval related to his actions. Polls released this week by CNN and CBS News show a healthy majority of Americans approving of his illegal immigration policies, including a majority belief that he is focused on deporting violent illegal immigrants first.

At the same time, Miller has warned ICE agents that their jobs are on the line if they don’t boost their number of daily arrests. The architect of Trump’s immigration policies is demanding that Homan and Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons complete 3,000 arrests per day going forward.

In a fiery meeting last month, Miller allegedly left ICE agents fearful for their employment prospects after calling them out for letting down President Trump. Now, all actions are on the table as ICE agents step up their enforcement at places of worship, immigration hearings, and other locations that were off-limits under past administrations.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: amazed; felonies; felonyillegalreentry; felonywarrant; guardianangel; howaboutthat; illegalimmigrants; lawfare; opguardianangel; sanctuarycities; shockandawe; trendingpolitics; youspitwehit

1 posted on 06/11/2025 11:46:17 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

I don’t know why the administration would advertise this before actually doing it. It gives liberal lawyers a chance to think of a counterstrategy.


2 posted on 06/11/2025 11:49:09 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Signalman

Remember when the ACLU used to work for actual Americans, not those invading our country illegally? Yeah, me neither.


3 posted on 06/11/2025 11:52:48 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Signalman
Any nonviolent illegal immigrant seeking sanctuary in a church should be sent to the Vatican - if the Vatican will accept them.
4 posted on 06/11/2025 11:53:53 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Signalman
ACLU has denounced the tactic as an “inflammatory and abusive use of power.”

The above statement is proof positive that it is the right thing to do.

5 posted on 06/11/2025 11:58:10 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Signalman

Lets get real here. Trump47 does not come up with all these great ideas and great strategies. His staff does. In this case it was probably Thomas Holman and Stephen Miller who is a lawyer.
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Trump Adviser Stephen Miller’s Legal Group Rakes in $44 Million
Nov. 17, 2023, 11:44 AM EST
Emily Birnbaum

America First Legal’s revenue jumped 600%, tax filings show
Group is part of a nonprofit network tied to Donald Trump
A conservative legal group led by longtime Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller reported a nearly 600% jump in its revenue, raising $44 million in 2022 compared with $6 million in 2021, according to a new tax filing.

The increase came as the group, America First Legal, expanded its work filing lawsuits and complaints against corporations, school districts, major law firms and other institutions that it calls “woke” and “radical.” America First Legal specializes in litigation over controversial culture war issues such as diversity in hiring programs, transgender rights, immigration and former President Trump’s legal battles.

The bulk of the group’s ...


6 posted on 06/11/2025 11:58:24 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: dennisw
Lets get real here. Trump47 does not come up with all these great ideas and great strategies. His staff does.

Right. And that's exactly what they are paid to do.
7 posted on 06/11/2025 12:04:36 PM PDT by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

They will anyway, the only difference is a day or two.


8 posted on 06/11/2025 12:05:35 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Signalman
Marc Thiessen, a previous speech writer to former President George W. Bush, told a Fox panel he was left amazed

Spit*


9 posted on 06/11/2025 12:08:33 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

3000 x 365 = 1,095,000 deportations per year

It’s a start.


10 posted on 06/11/2025 12:18:04 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: Signalman
But such jurisdictions will be no match for felony federal warrants, a new charge that the Trump administration plans to slap illegal immigrants with after they are located.

I've been saying this for years. The legal requirement for issuing a civil immigration detainer or a federal warrant are the same (probable cause).

The only difference is you need a federal magistrate to issue the arrest warrant. ICE/Border Patrol should have 500 US magistrates on speed dial 24 hours a day.

11 posted on 06/11/2025 12:26:09 PM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I don’t know why the administration would advertise this before actually doing it. It gives liberal lawyers a chance to think of a counterstrategy.

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the way I read it is that thy are currently using this strategy


12 posted on 06/11/2025 12:32:52 PM PDT by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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Am I the only one who has a huge crush on Tom Homan?


13 posted on 06/11/2025 12:40:22 PM PDT by mouse1
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To: TheDon

Just my thought but I think the Trump admin is also likely removing all the ‘picnic baskets’ given in the past to illegals which would make their stay here not fruitful and hopefully they will turn around and leave.

Especially with the idea they will be forceably removed at some/any point.


14 posted on 06/11/2025 12:41:03 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Self deportation is how the job gets done.


15 posted on 06/11/2025 12:44:18 PM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: TheDon
Self deportation is how the job gets done.

Give them a little motivation. Run a lottery every night and broadcast it on television. It can be like 'The Running Man'.

The illegal alien gets deported to any country that the U.S. has an illegal aliens deficit with.

Place your bets and watch while they spin the wheel. Maybe he'll get deported to Haiti or Ukraine or Afghanistan.

One or two broadcasts and the rest will be running back to their home countries - or Kanada, which deserves them for aiding and abetting illegal aliens getting to the U.S.



16 posted on 06/11/2025 2:22:11 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: mouse1

You are not alone!


17 posted on 06/11/2025 3:18:41 PM PDT by Nea Wood ( )
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