States Think They Have The Power To Do Something About ICE

They’re going to quickly learn that they have no power, and, really, most state, county, and local law enforcement will make zero attempt to impede ICE

States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting

Blue state lawmakers have had it with ICE.

State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a federal agent, raising tensions between local leaders and the Trump administration.

From California to New York and Illinois to New Jersey, they’re pushing a range of bills aimed at limiting enforcement and protecting people targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while turning up the rhetoric with comparisons to the Gestapo.

Some policies were moving before an ICE agent fatally shot Renée Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis mother last week. But her death has been cited by lawmakers as reason to squeeze ICE out of their states.

Perhaps these unhinged Democrats should be telling their peeps to not interfere with federal law enforcement, because the lawmakers aren’t the ones getting arrested, maced, run over, thrown to ground, and shot. They’re safely away from the action.

New York state Sen. Pat Fahy, who sponsored a bill that would prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks and one that would create a state dashboard tracking immigration officials’ activity, said “momentum is on our side.”

Like California and the other states giving this a whirl, they have no power to enforce this, especially when they give their own law enforcement the ability to wear masks.

President Donald Trump and other administration officials have also said the agent who shot Good acted in self defense — an account that has been contested by local Minneapolis officials. In a statement to POLITICO, White House Spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended ICE activity and pushed back against state Democratic lawmakers.

Democrats say to ignore your own eyes when you see the video.

In Illinois, a Democratic state senator has filed legislation that would bar anyone hired by ICE under Trump from obtaining employment in state or local law enforcement.

That would be against federal employment law.

Across the Hudson River, New Jersey lawmakers are pushing to codify the state’s practice that limits state and local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities; bar the government and hospitals from collecting immigration information; and set up guidelines on how health care facilities, schools and other institutions should respond to federal immigration authorities. The suite of bills — which started advancing before the Minnesota shooting — could be on Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk this upcoming week.

Well, hey, if all those police departments, government agencies, hospitals, etc, want to forgo taking federal money and return what they already have they can do that, right?

These are the same types of people that states like NJ and NY are protecting. Unfortunately, elected Republicans suck at getting their message out, for the most part.