Posted on 01/18/2018 1:54:27 PM PST by AT7Saluki
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D-CA) said during a press conference Thurday that employers in California who cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their rumored upcoming immigration raids would be prosecuted if they cooperate in a manor that violates California law.
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Or John McGinness on KFBK 1530 AM @ 3:00pm Pacific.
His loyalties are with foreign invaders, not US citizens. This is insanity.
So can Federal Marshals arrest him for defying Federal law?
Yes.
Just like back in 1859, Southern California lived on cheap labor.
The California legislature (described as intensely pro-slavery[ii]) passed the Pico Act in 1859, calling on Congress to divide the state. It was signed by Governor John B. Weller, overwhelmingly approved by voters in Southern California,[iii] and sent to Washington.
They truly can not think that far in advance. Only the politics of the here and now is what matters.
Which makes is all the more easy for them to go to any other state in the union and apply for a driver's license (& register to vote) in their new state.
Applying for a New License
Voter Registration Made Simple
This is precisely why one of the reasons immigration & laws concerning it are a federal issue.
There comes a time when a lot of folks here are just going to say F#CK YOUR LAWS, I’LL DO WHAT I PLEASE.
When officials are scofflaws it almost as knowing your parents are felons.
It’s a federal civil rights violation for a state or local government to criminally or civilly prosecute people for complying with a federal law. If it involves the defendant’s trade or business, it is extortion and a RICO violation meriting treble damages as well as statutory attorney fees. Plus then the prosecutors have to pay the treble damages from their own pockets because it would be a public policy violation for the state or local government to reimburse then.
I.e., this is a hollow threat which only reinforces California’s standing as a failing state.
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