State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal agent, raising tensions between local leaders and the Trump administration.
From California to New York and Illinois to New Jersey, they’re pushing a range of bills aimed at limiting enforcement and protecting people targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while turning up the rhetoric with comparisons to the Gestapo.
In Illinois, a Democratic state senator has filed legislation that would bar anyone hired by ICE under Trump from obtaining employment in state or local law enforcement.
And in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled she’ll support legislation that would allow residents to bring civil lawsuits against federal immigration officials for constitutional violations.
Now that’s some policy I can get behind.
ICE is going door to door in the Twin Cities now.
I hope they are able to strip them of those masks so we all learn all of their identities and every operation every person is involved in is a matter of public record (that cannot be tampered with by the demons in this administration - every state gets a copy).
I remember when conservative Karens LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS over citizens going about their normal lives were wearing masks out of consideration to others when we were enduring a pandemic.
Now they all say nothing as ARMED, UNIDENTIFIED MASKED THUGS are going around terrorizing neighborhoods in America.
Put bounties out on all federal agents in your state. Ban them from operating in your state period. Impound/tow any vehicles registered to federal agencies, have police raid the hotels where they are staying, arrest them without charges and agree to release them only once ICE has been completely disbanded, and Trump is in custody. Seize any cash, weapons, cellphones they have. Go through their devices, infiltrate their communication systems
Highly unlikely, but I like where your head is at.
Ooooohhh. Civil forfeiture of their cars, vests, weapons, and face masks …
Honestly, civil forfeiture has as much legal protection as qualified immunity.
I want to see democratic AGs actually do this.
That sounds nice, but Trump would (correctly) declare that an insurrection and it would trigger an actual civil war.
How can it be an insurrection when magats are the ones who are waging war on legitimate Americans?
Traitors don’t get to make that call.
States arresting all federal authorities for being in the state would be an insurrection, even if it was in response to a bunch of illegal shit from the feds.
Who’s gonna enforce that policy? Police unions support ICE. The Minnesota FOP put out a statement saying so. You can write every bill in the world, it won’t mean shit without fundamental changes to the police.
I think officially it would be the state national guards? If it actually came to confrontation between state and federal law enforcement.
Please someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Well that and the police are outnumbered. Even if they would work against ICE, things probably wouldn’t go well.
