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DHS preparing to arrest leaders of sanctuary cities
www.washingtontimes.com ^ | - Tuesday, January 16, 2018 | By Stephen Dinan

Posted on 01/16/2018 11:16:34 AM PST by Red Badger

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen confirmed Tuesday that her department has asked federal prosecutors to see if they can lodge criminal charges against sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with federal deportation efforts.

“The Department of Justice is reviewing what avenues may be available,” Ms. Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Her confirmation came after California’s new sanctuary law went into effect Jan. 1, severely restricting cooperation the state or any of its localities could offer.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan says those policies put his officers and local communities at more risk because they have to arrest illegal immigrants out in the community.

Mr. Homan told The Washington Times last July that he wanted to see local officials charged as complicit in human smuggling if they shielded illegal immigrants through sanctuary policies.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; boom; bordersecurity; california; dhs; dhssanctuarycities; fourth100days; homan; illegals; kirstjennielsen; lawlesslibs; sanctuarycities; sanfrancisco; trumpdhs; trumpillegals
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To: Red Badger

Good !


221 posted on 01/17/2018 7:31:36 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: WildHighlander57

Regarding ILLEGALS: I say: “When in doubt, Deport them OUT!”


222 posted on 01/18/2018 8:55:13 AM PST by 2harddrive
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