Posted on 02/10/2026 7:46:54 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
Numerous Democratic leaders say their high-migration, low-wage sanctuary city economies are crashing because President Donald Trump is requiring them to comply with national labor laws.
“We are now expected to absorb the fiscal consequences of [federal] enforcement activities,” the treasurers of 16 states wrote to President Trump. “This is not acceptable.”
The treasurers of Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, Minnesota, and nine other states are asking the federal government to exempt them from national laws that protect Americans’ civil rights, labor, housing, and anti-fraud laws.
“We urge your administration to immediately scale back enforcement activities causing this harm and to ensure the economic stability our communities require,” the treasurers wrote.
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This sounds like the Babylon Bee.
Meanwhile, our RINO traitors in congress and the executive branch plot the biggest amnesty ever (probably for 30 million illegals):
I wonder if the Democrats are using the movie Mississippi Burning as a training manual?
Go to the back of the bus you peasants.
I suggest any “exemption” be made universal and not limited to just a few places.
Then Trump should find every silly national law that is a nuisance to an efficient economy and has no beneficial purpose and exempt everyone from it.
Of course, the exemption would have to go to congress, in effect repealing the many silly laws of the past.
Why don’t the Party of Death blue toilet water cities just secede from the union.
They are too stupid to think about getting rid of national labor laws because it’s a state issue.
These people pushed for all of these laws, to benefit and protect the people. Now that laws are inconvenient,, they no longer care.
“ Wasn’t there a parallel argument from the same party pre 1860?”
Yeah, pretty much.
Well yeah, only the laws YOU like need apply.
ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL !!!
Mississippi and Alabama could have made the same argument in the 50 and 60’s.
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well, if you want to be exempt we can do that. you will also lose the money we give you to enforce those laws.
I want Texas to be a sanctuary state, for federal taxes….. 😂😂
They will be absorbing the ‘fiscal consequences’ of their sanctuary status.
I’ve been saying for over a year that they’re not serious about getting rid of these people and would start talking about amnesty. Lucy and the football every time.
“in effect repealing the many silly laws of the past.”
Do they ever repeal anything?
“These people pushed for all of these laws”
This.
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