Federal agents are armed only at the discretion or pleasure of the various county sheriffs. Revocation of privileges and confiscation of arms is in order.
Suits me just fine in Arizona right now.
The president basically just declared a smoldering war on Arizona, on behalf of Mexico.
THAT would be a GREAT start!
The next step is to kick the communists out of (whatever state) all together and claim sovereignty to protect said states citizens from a hostile tyrannical "central" government.
That statement has no basis in the actual rule of law in this country. County sheriffs are authorized by either state Constitutions or state statutes. Federal agents receive their authority from federal law. The US Constitution nor federal statutes authorize the office of the county sheriff. It is only a state level created office. A county sheriff would be in violation of federal law and subject to federal arrest and to be brought before a federal magistrate if they directly impede, interfere, or try to intimidate a federal agent in the performance of their duties. I am a paleo conservative but I wish we conservatives would understand the law and how it works instead of statements that are not true in accordance with the actual rule of law. Congress gives federal agents the authority to act anywhere in the United States to enforce federal laws with only limits that are set by federal law itself. County sheriffs have absolutely nothing to do with and zero legal control over federal agents enforcing federal law. This is the concept of separate sovereigns.