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.
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.
They have weapons enough to deputize some folks.
We are long overdue for some judges to step in and deputize folks too.