This has nothing to do with the executive branch. This is a bill, by congressional critters, that is being talked about.
There does have to be clarification within the laws as they exist, or new ones written, from what I gather. Sanctuary cities refuse to notify ice when they have illegal criminal aliens in their jurisdiction. How else would they know? Would we accept that from another state with a legal criminal? Even though they are being released for a lesser crime, but are a suspect in a murder in another state, just ‘oh, well, it’s not our responsibility to notify them’, even if they ask. Maybe not a perfect analogy, but I think you get my drift.In this case, other states’ rights can be infringed upon by those sanctuary states. They do not follow those criminal illegal immigrants once they release them. They can cross borders easily.
Aren't you guys supposed to be all about federalism and state's rights?
How does that change the fact that you guys are currently cheering for what would be the biggest imposition on state sovereignty in the history of this country?
You are arguing that the federal government should have the power to demand that local officials follow federal law enforcement's orders, and be punished with jail time for failing to do so. You are, in effect, demanding that states be entirely subordinate to the executive branch.
"You are, in effect, demanding that states be entirely subordinate to the executive branch."
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That's your spin... The request is such that states are subordinate in ways that relate to the prosecution of federal criminals… Do you get it now?
According to the Constitution, states are subordinate to the Judicial branch. That's already a given - if there had been a federal court order demanding that Zarate be held (a warrant or a subpoena), the SFPD would have had to hold him.
But that's not what you're demanding - what you're demanding is that states be subordinate to the whims of the executive branch. The President of the United States isn't a dictator, as much as you may wish him to be one.
The President is not in the chain of command of the SFPD. They don't answer to him, or to the FBI, or to INS.
First of all, that's not what sanctuary city policies do. They do not prevent ICE from being notified that they have an "illegal criminal alien".
They prevent local law enforcement from expending tax dollars to assist ICE. There is no law in San Francisco, for example, that would prevent a detective from contacting ICE for information about a suspect. What the law does do is prohibit affirmative acts on the part of local LEOs to assist in enforcing immigration law.
In this case, the sanctuary city law prevented the SFPD from holding Zarate until ICE came to pick him up.
The law suggested in this thread would compel local LEOs to follow orders given by ICE (which is part of the executive branch) - it would compel them to affirmative act to help them. That goes against every tenant of federalism, and inserts the executive branch into the local chain of command, usurping the power of states to command their own LEOs.
