Before a packed room on Capitol Hill, the House oversight committee, led by its Republican chair, James Comer of Kentucky, sought to portray sanctuary cities – a city that touts municipal laws that protect undocumented migrants – as havens for criminal activity and foreign gangs.
“The point that we’ve got to iron out today is that we have to have cooperation with federal law to turn over those illegal criminals to Ice and we’ve heard reports and many of you have said publicly that you are going to obstruct that,” Comer said. “That is against the law. And we’re going to hear more about that today.”
But instead of cornering the mayors, Republican lawmakers seemed to inadvertently provide them a national megaphone to sell their approaches to local governance and immigration.
“If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms,” Boston mayor Michelle Wu said. “Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe.”
Yeah the ICE generally don’t seem like the type to care about disapproval.
I tried to find a photo I saw recently with like five of these cucks in a military humvee and mounted gun roaming through downtown, but I’m having trouble finding things with search engines lately.
A bunch of ice agents fully decked out like that rolled through Mardi Gras in an armored vehicle last week. Like literally in the middle of all the floats and bands and shit.
I think I get the SS/Gestapo comparisons now.
Well yeah there is the way they dress, but it’s moreso because of the fact that they’re a militarized federal entity who reports directly to the president instead of the regular military branches centralized in the pentagon who answer directly to congress. They are literally the President’s private police force, the only thing missing is a private court so he can start issuing uncontested warrants and seizures.
This is important contextual information and I thank you for adding it, but the EOIR have very strictly limited authority and it’s the the DHS who initiates proceedings and DHS attorneys who prosecute.
Let me paint you a picture. The other day, Trump asked for 20 Billion climate change funds to be taken back from Citibank tasked with dispersing the funds. The federal prosecutors office declined. It got sent to another prosecutor office. A veteran career prosecutor resigned. An interim attorney filed for seizure, instead. A Judge denied the warrant because no evidence of crime or wrongdoing was presented, necessary for seizure of assets.
If Trump had his own court, he wouldn’t have had any pushback at any level of this interaction.