Posted on 03/06/2018 6:08:16 PM PST by NRx
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration escalated what had been a war of words over California’s immigration agenda, filing a lawsuit late Tuesday that amounted to a pre-emptive strike against the liberal state’s so-called sanctuary laws.
The Justice Department sued California; Gov. Jerry Brown; and the state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over three state laws passed in recent months, saying they make it impossible for federal immigration officials to do their jobs and deport criminals who were born outside of the United States. The Justice Department called the laws unconstitutional and asked a judge to block them.
The lawsuit was the department’s boldest attack yet against California, one of the strongest opponents of the Trump administration’s efforts to curb immigration. It also served as a warning to Democratic lawmakers and elected officials nationwide who have enacted sanctuary policies that provide protections for undocumented immigrants.
“The Department of Justice and the Trump administration are going to fight these unjust, unfair and unconstitutional policies that have been imposed on you,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions planned to say on Wednesday at a law enforcement event in Sacramento, according to prepared remarks. “I believe that we are going to win.”
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The California state government is out of control....being elected by a system that allows no opposition to the California Democrat Party. It’s government is what you get when people like Jerry Brown, AG Becerra, and Nancy Pelosi control both the conversation and the reins of government without fear of an equally powerful opposition party. It’s a decent into madness.
My hope is that California votes for the upcoming secession Bill and Trump takes steps to secure the state from the inmates of the State Capitol insane asylum.
IAbout. Damn. Time. I was starting to worry that the Feds had forgotten about the few of us left who are living under oppression out here on the left coast ... we need some relief!!! ;>)
Interesting to see how this goes in the courts considering Arizona was blocked from enforcing laws.
Hey Jerry Brown...Stick that up your ass sideways!!!!!
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