Summary
Stephen Miller’s legal group, America First Legal Foundation, sent letters warning officials in sanctuary jurisdictions of potential “serious consequences,” including civil racketeering charges and prison time, for defying federal immigration laws.
The letters target 249 officials in areas restricting cooperation with ICE, such as San Diego County.
While courts have previously rejected similar anti-sanctuary efforts, the move signals aggressive immigration enforcement plans under Trump’s incoming administration.
Critics argue the threats highlight a broader strategy to intimidate and enforce mass deportation policies.
MUH STATES RAIGHTS!
no, not like that!
Hey, anyone who was pushing people to not vote for Harris before the election want to weigh in? Still confident in your decision?
They all disappeared immediately after the election because they got what they wanted, a Trump win.
I voted for the Dems in 2024. And honestly, I wish I hadn’t. I was disgusted by their stance on Palestine, but I figured at least they would support trans people against conservative extermination efforts.
For my vote and vocal support, how did Dems reward me? Democrats rewarded me by voting for the first anti-LGBT federal law in 30 years, willingly sentencing several hundred trans children to death for cheap political points. All Republicans had to do was attach their persecution bill to a “must pass” defense spending bill, and Democrats folded like a house of cards. And they also refused to stand to defend the first trans person elected to the House. I have no doubt that this pattern will continue. To laws that must pass to fund the government, Republicans will just attach one rider after another that strips my civil rights away one at a time. And Democrats will tit tit and say, “well, I really wish we could prevent Republicans from murdering innocent people, but this bill simply has to pass, so our hands are tied.”
Even AOC, who was one of the few people to say anything in defense of the new trans representative, didn’t have the courage to actually stand up for trans people directly. She said bathrooms bans were bad because cis women might get caught up in them. And they demonstrated this complete surrender to fascism before Trump even came into office.
In the end, I did not get the satisfaction of a clean conscience. I held my nose and voted for a pro-genocide party, because I hoped they would at least stand up for my rights. But I didn’t get even that. Instead I got a party that is perfectly willing to throw people like me to the wolves, as long as Republicans give them a fig leaf excuse to use. Honestly, I wish I hadn’t voted for Kamala. Democrats aren’t going to stand up for my rights, and I still have the guilt of voting pro-genocide on my conscience.
I suppose it should have been pretty obvious. Dems were willing to throw one minority group to the wolves for political expediency, why wouldn’t they do it to another?
Yeah we’re all disappointed with the Democratic party… But I think you’re in for a rude awakening because there is a very big difference between being indifferent towards trans people, and actively wanting to eradicate them.
Is there really a difference? If Democrats are willing to vote for anti-trans bills, then on that issue, they’re no different than Republicans. At that point, they’re just saying, “well, we support extermination, but we have pronouns in our bios, so it’s OK!”
Yes, there is a big difference.
When these cities literally enact a policy of obstructing justice, their officials can and should be prosecuted.
Federal laws you don’t like don’t just become optional because you say so, and entering a country illegally or overstaying a visa is a crime under federal law. This isn’t something unique to the US where the US government is literally Hitler; it’s a well established international norm.
Miller’s reasons for supporting this are the wrong ones, but he says isn’t necessarily incorrect under federal law as it stands. Not to mention that supporting brazen violations of the law like this is part of the reason why Democrats have alienated ordinary voters and let the far right basically take over.
The solution to this is to organize state militias and ask the agents sent to arrest if they want to leave walking or in body bags.
How very brave of you to post this.
to me, a non American, it reads just how America is was and will be.
Americans love guns and extra judicial killings. Their top cultural hits are about cops who break laws, or good men who are driven to kill. Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, Westerns, cyberpunk, buddy cop movies, Die Hard…
