This will likely affect Fresno in particular. Withholding federal funding would cripple the city and potentially the county. Fresno County has quite a number of sanctuary cities.
This is particularly worrying:
“prosecute state and local officials who “willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal law, including by directly and unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement.””
willfully and unlawfully direct the obstruction of criminal law, including by directly and unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties necessary for public safety and law enforcement
Is that what sanctuary cities do? I was under the impression they just refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement. I didn’t think they interfered
Thats my understanding as well. But apparently thats enough to get targeted specifically by this executive order.
Local, county, and state police do not enforce federal law. It’s a simple matter of jurisdiction. Except now, in slave states, they “assist” federal agents with enforcing “immigration law.”
Sanctuary cities (and states!) have policies which “[limit or define] the extent to which a local/state government will share information with federal immigration law officers.”
The entire reason so many states have legal cannabis while it’s still a federal crime is because those same officers don’t enforce federal law, but federal agents can still raid cannabis stores anywhere at any time, and try people in federal court.
So then based on the EOs own wording this is a nothing berder
I wouldn’t say that at all. They’ll levy charges and prosecute, whether those charges make any sense is irrelevant. They’ll drag people through the courts as punishment and as extortion, even if they’re ultimately acquitted. They can also file charges in a friendly federal district, where they’re more likely to get a judge or jury who bends to their will.
Don’t forget that they’re already threatening judges, too. None of this happens in a vacuum. This shit stacks.
Is that what sanctuary cities do?
Does that matter? They’ll stop funding and take them to court for years until they’re bankrupt. Actual evidence is unimportant.