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Posted on 07/27/2018 8:38:39 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Trump administration suffered another legal defeat on its sanctuary city crackdown after a judge Friday permanently blocked the government from retaliating against Chicago’s sanctuary policy by stripping away its police grant money.
U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, a Reagan appointee to the bench, said the administration is free to track down illegal immigrants on its own, but it cannot force Chicago to cooperate in reporting or turning them over.
His ruling follows similar defeats for the Trump administration in California and Philadelphia, where judges have also ruled against the administration’s attempts to condition Byrne Justice Assistance Grant money on better cooperation on immigration.
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Chicago was not “forced”.
It was a classic negative financial incentive offer.
I am getting to the point where I DETEST judges.
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Judges rule this country—not the Constitution
O’Connor, Kennedy, and now this.
I am really starting to question Ronaldus Magnus’ judgment in picking judges.
They’re just lawyers with robes and gavels.
This ruling will be overturned, but in the meantime it’s a Pyrrhic victory for Chicago.
I am sure the administration will continue to hold funds while this makes it way to SCOTUS where it is a slam dunk.
I hope so anyway. Sometimes this administration gets weak in the knees at the strangest times.
“Chicago’s compliance with the conditions would damage local law enforcement’s relationship with immigrant communities and decrease the cooperation essential to prevent and solve crimes both within those communities and Chicago at large,” the judge wrote. “Trust once lost is not easily restored.”
He’s legislating from the bench.
The federal government sets immigration policy, and not some Leftist wanna be paradise of a town, or some rogue judge.
The federal government has every right to levy punitive measures to cities that defy the Constitution and the safety of it’s citizens.
with a bit of luck, the dirt bags will gravitate to their
sanctuary.
sucks for the citizens who live ( and die) there though.
I hear you, this judge’s reasoning is pathetic along with many others.
They are a huge problem. Worse than Congress.
It’s a magistrate class.
Right on Bump!
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What’s at stake here is the Executive Branch’s control over spending.
The grant programs states:
“The JAG Program, authorized under 42 U.S.C. §3751(a), is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.”
In effect, what the Trump Administration is saying is that if states do not participate in federal enforcement priorities, then limited funding resources must be redirected to enforcement assets that will carry out actions in support of the federal government’s responsibilities.
The Judge is saying his court has the authority to tell federal government agencies how funds are to be directed regardless of federal responsibilities.
The states are saying ‘pay up and don’t ask questions’.
Is this a federal preemption issue?
And tell me, most Right Honorable U.S. District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, what article of the Constitution compels the Federal Government to pay a grant to the city of Chicago?
Well said, and sadly these type federal judges are embedded across the country.
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