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Chicago police refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants to ICE under Trump.

Tender Branson

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Federal agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has seen abysmal cooperation from Chicago police who have refused to turn over 92% of illegal immigrants in law enforcement custody due to its “sanctuary city” policy since President Donald Trump took office, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Friday that Chicago’s refusal to let police work with ICE has led to virtually all illegal immigrants being released onto the streets after being arrested by local police for offenses in the community.

“In just the last seven months, ICE has issued over 1,664 detainers in Chicago alone,” Noem said during a press conference in the Chicago area Friday morning. “Unfortunately, Chicago and its leadership has only honored 8% of those.”

Sanctuary cities and states have policies that bar local and state police from handing over most illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities, where they will then go through deportation proceedings before an immigration judge.

“The elected leaders in this state of Illinois are ignoring the law. In fact, they’re being obstructionists when it comes to getting dangerous criminals off their streets,” Noem said. “That includes Governor [JB] Pritzker, Mayor [Brandon] Johnson, and others who have worked so hard to protect these dangerous criminals. They’d rather be a sanctuary state and continue to put those individuals above American citizens.”

Noem pointed to four recent arrests that ICE made in Illinois communities, including a Mexican man who was previously convicted for predatory sexual criminal assault against a victim under 13 years old, a Polish man convicted of attempted murder and aggravated domestic battery, and a Micronesian national who was convicted for driving under the influence three times.

The press conference follows the Justice Department's Tuesday move of publishing a list of cities, counties, and states that identify as “sanctuary” zones or places where law enforcement will not turn over illegal immigrants to federal immigration authorities. Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago were all listed.

The Trump administration issued a sharp warning to the sanctuary jurisdictions, threatening further lawsuits from places that release suspected criminal or convicted illegal immigrants back onto the streets rather than transfer them to ICE.

ICE is a federal agency within the DHS and has been tasked by Trump with carrying out the "largest-ever" deportation operation in national history. To date, ICE has arrested and deported roughly 150,000 illegal immigrants.

 
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
 
I support any and all efforts by local authorities resisting ICE's efforts to tear apart families and communities.

Its cheaper, more humane and more to our benefit to give many of them a path to legality.
 
Thank goodness ICE received 150 billion $$$ in additional funding, so that ICE agents will be increased by 10x in the next few years and once they get their schooling and cars and weapons, these 10x larger units will storm the inner-cities by 2027/28 before the next presidential elections and cleanse them from illegals. There will be a big clash, which will likely win Vance or another R the next election too.

Because Ds rather stand up for illegal (criminals), than real American citizens. They don't learn. And if they don't learn, they won't win in 2028.
 

Americans increasingly disagree.

ICE’s popularity is plunging

"There’s even rising public support for abolishing the agency altogether."
 

I've explained this a few times. For some reason the RW Types don't get it. Perhaps you will. Perhaps.

A Detainer Request is just as it sounds. It is a Request. It has no legal force. Ignoring one is not a crime. Just as if we were neighbors and you requested that I feed your dog while you are out of town, I'm free to say no. You are free to ignore requests without legal jeopardy. Everyone is.

A Judicial Warrant has force of law behind it. If the Chicago Police ignored a Judicial Warrant then I'd say that was a crime. A Judicial Warrant is signed by a Judge of the Judicial Branch. At most ICE will occasionally get an Administrative Warrant. Those are signed by Immigration Court Judges who are not part of the Judicial Branch. The Administrative Warrant does not have full authority by law.

ICE doesn't like Judicial Warrants. ICE doesn't like Judges in the Judicial Branch. Those Judges keep insisting that ICE follow the Constitution and the law. ICE can't stand that.
 
And the people of Chicago continue to vote for democrats who do little to nothing to correct the problems in Chicago including billions spent on illegal immigrants while safety, housing, education, and jobs in Chicago for the middle class and poor suffer. Keep giving to the democrats so they can live well while you continue to suffer from their policies.
The next time a citizen of our nation is rape, beaten or dies at the hands of an illegal immigrant, thank a democrat. In fact send a thank you card to Joe Biden.
 
I oppose ICE's deportation of US citizens.
 
Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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Look up "Treason" in the US Constitution. You'll find your use of the word "traitors" is wildly innaplicable.
 
Federal actions intended to force local jurisdictions to perform immigration enforcement are likely unconstitutional. Under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the federal government “may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program.” Courts have repeatedly held that the Tenth Amendment prohibits the federal government from compelling states and localities to participate in immigration enforcement. The Supreme Court has clarified that immigration enforcement is the sole duty of the federal government, and state and local police may only carry out immigration enforcement if specifically authorized to do so by the federal government.


Compliance with immigration detainers is voluntary, not mandatory. The federal government cannot force local jurisdictions to honor detainers, an interpretation repeatedly upheld by the courts. Some state courts have also ruled that the laws of their state do not provide legal authority for law enforcement agencies to hold people on an immigration detainer. In fact, jurisdictions that do honor detainers can be found liable for unlawfully holding an individual on a detainer without a judicial warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and may be required to compensate individuals for damages.

Sanctuary Policies: An Overview - American Immigration Council

Sanctuary policies do not conceal or shelter unauthorized immigrants from detection. Here's what you need to know about these policies.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
 
Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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No, we are neither traitors nor advocates for criminals.

You fail to understand that the majority of Angelenos — my city, Los Angeles — support our status as a sanctuary city. So US citizens are advocating for humane and compassionate treatment of immigrants. Same for the entire State of California. We have large communities of immigrants from around the globe.

We also understand that too many law-and-order types view all immigrants as threats, and automatically assume new immigrants are undocumented. What many fail to understand is the concept of critical mass — when there are enough speakers of a certain language that will be what is spoken. Farsi, Mandarin, Tagalog, Russian, Armenian, Spanish, Korean, Cantonese, etc.
 
Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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I advocate for all citizens, except Austrians.
 
Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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Overstaying a visa and residing in the United States is not a criminal act. You don't go to jail for it. You get deported. Labeling unauthorized immigrants as criminals is Orwellian propaganda, used as a blanket to treat criminals and non-criminals alike.
 
Just to take a tangent off of this.

The Trump administration declared Nevada to be a sanctuary state, without reason, and without declaring one single city or county as being sanctuary. I started a thread about it in the West forum. Haven't looked at it. Lol.

Anyway, the other day, governor Joe Lombardo agreed to dispatch the NV National Guard in assisting ICE.

The motive behind declaring NV a sanctuary state is now clear. I'm very disappointed. I voted for Lombardo. He has never been MAGA, but I can't excuse bending over for Trump. The state was in danger of losing funding, so I understand the fiscal motive, but Lombardo has lost my vote. I don't particularly care about any of the announced Democratic candidates so far. I might just vote for the hot realtor running for the Republican nomination. She doesn't stand a chance, but it's that or NOTA. I've had no problem voting NOTA over the years. I tend not to play the lesser of two evils game. If I don't like any of the candidates, I let that be known.

This changed after Trump 1.0. I voted NOTA in 2016. Never again in any race involving MAGA.
 

In the past I would vote for a local obscure third party in presidential elections . . . it’s California and we all know which candidate will carry the state. I ended that in November 2016. I wanted to register my opposition to DJT in the strongest way available to me — voting for the Democratic candidate. Same in 2020 and 2024. (Anti-immigrant rhetoric doesn’t play well here. DJT had c. one-third of the vote in LA County for each presidential run.)

Gubernatorial elections — there will be a Democrat no matter what. It’s a matter of choosing the least objectionable candidate in our open primaries.
 
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Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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What's incredible is the ignorance of those claiming that immigrants who are here illegally are criminals. Coming into the country without proper documentation or staying here beyond a VISA's end date is a CIVIL matter. Not a criminal one.
 
Tender Branson said:
Incredible what traitors these sanctuary cities and its mostly D politicians are ... their goal is to be advocates for illegal (criminals), rather than being advocates for real American citizens.
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Ignoring a detainer request is not a crime.
 
dockside said:
What's incredible is the ignorance of those claiming that immigrants who are here illegally are criminals. Coming into the country without proper documentation or staying here beyond a VISA's end date is a CIVIL matter. Not a criminal one.
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I wonder how many times that needs to be repeated before it is understood.
 
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