Posted on 01/16/2018 5:18:35 PM PST by smileyface
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Btw...marijuana is a 10th amendment issue...The foreign invasion of the U.S. by illegal aliens sits squarely in the wheel house of the fed gubbermint.
If SCROTUS doesn’t like that, arrest them too.
Yet section 8 is pretty clear about the crime of harboring an illegal alien. The penalty can be as high as the death sentence. Read it here(very straight forward):
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324
Interestingly enough anyone knowingly transporting an illegal alien is also equally guilty of a crime. It not just he politicians that are guilty of crimes serious enough to possibly warrant a death sentence.
This is interesting:
“(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.”
Sessions and the immigration officers are the only persons on earth than can enforce this Federal Law. If they can’t be arrested by the police then how can they be held for federal immigration officers. Big problem with the law here.
The next section:
“(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.”
That section tells me that section 8 has been modified Sometime in the last 17 years. Since there was no Homeland security Hitler propaganda when section 8 was written. So I wonder if the previous section was modified as well.
Not complicat at all. These Leftists are illegally using their power of office to aid and abet the breaking of our laws and thereby placing at risk the lives of our citizens.
I would like nothing better than to see our Moonbeam Governor and his AG Xavier Becerra frog marched off to jail by Federal officers, then to be followed by the mayors of every California city that has declared themselves a sanctuary city.
“If they can’t be arrested by the police then how can they be held for federal immigration officers”
It’s for arresting those who are harboring illegal aliens. Why would immigration officers need to be involved?
I was wondering, just exactly what could the Governor, County Supervisor, or Mayor of the State, County, or Cities of the State of California do to a duly elected Sheriff who decides to co-operate fully with Federal Authorities on immigration cases.
The oath in California says:
I___________ do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, etc.
Seems to me that very words of the oath give the Constitution of the United States primacy over the Constitution of the State of California.
Can these other ELECTED officials fire another ELECTED official?
Can they have him/her arrested?
Can they reduce his/her pay?
Can they demote him/her?
Can they actually do anything if the elected sheriff tells the other politicians to go f#ck themselves if he/she tells them he is going to obey the U.S. Constitution?
Bookmark.
In California they are actively blocking efforts to enforce Federal Immigration Regulations, just read the ORDERS that come down from Mayors offices on up the chain of elected officials.
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.”
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I did not read it the way you did.
Sounds to me like officers and employees of the Service (probably Border Patrol and ICE) AND all other officers whose duty is to enforce criminal laws can enforce this section.
I’m sure CA is refusing all federal funds.
/s
Can you say Supremacy Clause!
The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land. It provides that state courts are bound by the supreme law; in case of conflict between federal and state law, the federal law must be applied.
Can you say Supremacy Clause!
The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land. It provides that state courts are bound by the supreme law; in case of conflict between federal and state law, the federal law must be applied.
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