Posted on 02/06/2025 8:54:14 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The Trump administration has filed suit against the state of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago, arguing their sanctuary laws “interfere” with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to arrest and deport illegal migrants — the first of many such lawsuits to come, Justice Department officials told The Post.
The suit singles out several state and local laws that the Justice Department identifies as inhibiting the federal government’s ability to enforce US immigration law.
“We’ve identified Illinois, the city of Chicago and Cook County as all having laws and ordinances on the books that impede federal immigration enforcement, in particular the Chicago Welcoming ordinance, the Illinois Trust Act,” a DOJ official said.
Both cited ordinances directly reference tying the hands of federal immigration officials.
The Illinois Trust Act, signed into law in 2017, reads in part that “State law does not currently grant State or local law enforcement the authority to enforce federal civil immigration laws.”
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de l’audace, encore de l’audace, et toujours de l’audace
Good!
Grab the biden-era immi-grunts, and deport them all!
It is now Trump who has the unlimited resources of the govt.
1. Illinois
2. New York
3. California
4. Oregon
5. Colorado
6. Arizona
7. Washington
8. New Jersey
. . . .
Chicago, Chicago, that coddling town
Obongo and Roberts set precedent. When they stopped AZ from enforcing immigration laws. Roberts sided with the rats and said it was strictly a federal matter. Now we can turn the tables on them.
18 U.S. Code § 1071 - Concealing person from arrest
Whoever harbors or conceals any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; except that if the warrant or process issued on a charge of felony, or after conviction of such person of any offense, the punishment shall be a fine under this title, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1071
Chicago, Field Headquarters of the CPUSA. (See also, Obama.) Hiding in plain sight.
They need to do the same with Oregon.
There are cartels operating here and have been here for 30+ years!
They by homes in the country and drag the drugs into the cities.
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Nullification is the belief that states can invalidate federal laws they find unconstitutional. This idea has deep roots, dating back to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-1799. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison drafted these resolutions in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, believing the federal government had overstepped its authority. To them, the Constitution was a compact among states, and thus, states retained the power to determine when federal actions were unconstitutional.Jefferson argued in the Kentucky Resolutions that states had an "equal right to judge for themselves" when the federal government exceeded its powers. If states found a federal act unconstitutional, they could deem it void and inoperative within their borders. This concept resonated with those who valued state sovereignty and feared a strong central government might infringe on individual liberties.
The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 marked another significant instance of nullification. South Carolina, displeased with the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, declared these tariffs null and void within the state. Vice President John C. Calhoun argued that states could "veto" federal acts they deemed unconstitutional, viewing the Constitution as a compact among sovereign states.
President Andrew Jackson opposed nullification, viewing the union as paramount. He believed allowing individual states to nullify federal laws would lead to chaos and disunion. Jackson's Proclamation to the People of South Carolina asserted that nullification was "incompatible with the existence of the Union." He was prepared to use force, if necessary, to enforce federal law and maintain the union.
This is a bit off topic but it pertains to lawlessness in Chicago and the history of federal intervention.
I was thinking that Elon and DOGE reminded me a bit of the Untouchables where Eliot Ness goes in and smashes all those whiskey barrels.
One thing is for sure the pols and the crooks are being put on the defensive both on the ground and in the courts.
Loved Robert stack’s rendition of Elliot ness.
Oregon next, please!
Washington, too!
I’m just here to mention trebuchets again.
Great tactic—no downside.
Yup—taking on nullification is another tool available in the tool kit.
This is what flooding the zone looks like...
Try one tactic—if you win you win.
If you lose go for next tactic.
Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat....until you win.
We learned that from the leftist’s approach to elections—they kept counting until they won.
So they are not going to arrest anyone. Just sue. Terrific.
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