Department of Homeland Security Seeks to Arrest, Prosecute Leaders of Sanctuary Cities

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is serious about her job and following the law. She is going to change the sanctuary city nonsense at long last.

Americans are tired of hearing these liberal governors and mayors tell the nation they aren’t going to follow federal law and do what they want. Look at Illinois, New York, and California. They want federal funds to combat crime, but they do not want to help Attorney General Jeff Sessions round up MS-13 gang members or illegal aliens for deportation. (Related Article: AG Sessions Issues Major Warning to Sanctuary Cities)

To my understanding, individuals can be charged, not cities or states, under section 8 USC 1324 of the immigration law passed in 1952. Why is there a law on the books if they have to ask if they can enforce it? Here’s my suggestion: Charge a mayor, a police chief, or a city council president with refusal to enforce federal laws and make this a test case. I bet this baloney would stop in a month.

Source: Washington Times

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.

I don’t see anything wrong with this decision by Nielsen. Laws are on the books and should be followed. If you don’t agree with them, work through the system to remove that law or change it. That’s the problem of government today. Many bureaucrats don’t understand how to do their jobs. They continue to make laws on top of laws already on the books and neither are followed.

Sanctuary cities that protect illegal aliens are wrong and dangerous for law-abiding citizens who want to live in peace and without the threat of being robbed, shot, or assaulted by illegals who know they won’t be prosecuted because they are protected.

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