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US EPA tells stunned staff to just ignore the law and stop enforcing it

Taylor said:
Yes, after year after year after year of claiming they couldn't do anything, they suddenly realized they were going to get their assess kicked in the election and tried to actually do something other than roll out the red carpet.
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You're just making shit up.

"The Biden administration took office amid heightened debate in some circles over the merits and tactics of deportations, yet it is on track to carry out as many removals and returns as the Trump administration did. The 1.1 million deportations since the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2021 through February 2024 (the most recent data available) are on pace to match the 1.5 million deportations carried out during the four years President Donald Trump was in office."

www.migrationpolicy.org

Comparing the Biden and Trump Deportation Records

The Biden administration is on pace to carry out as many deportations as the Trump administration, although an overwhelming number have come in the form of voluntary returns at the border, rather than removals of unauthorized immigrants from the U.S. interior. This shift has echoes of earlier...
www.migrationpolicy.org www.migrationpolicy.org
 
Bok Tuklo said:
It is clear you people do not know what a so-called sanctuary city is.
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ignore the law and stop enforcing

isn't that LITERALLY what a sanctuary city does and is ?

how is the EPA any different? we live in a country that has a political party that encourages people to do illegal things (cross into the USA illegally and stay/live/work here illegally) .......... why do they get to pick and choose what "illegal" should and shouldn't be? if its best for the EPA or an illegal immigrant or a sanctuary city ... then self justification of breaking the laws is ok

isnt it ?
 
Grand Mal said:
You're just making shit up.

"The Biden administration took office amid heightened debate in some circles over the merits and tactics of deportations, yet it is on track to carry out as many removals and returns as the Trump administration did. The 1.1 million deportations since the beginning of fiscal year (FY) 2021 through February 2024 (the most recent data available) are on pace to match the 1.5 million deportations carried out during the four years President Donald Trump was in office."

www.migrationpolicy.org

Comparing the Biden and Trump Deportation Records

The Biden administration is on pace to carry out as many deportations as the Trump administration, although an overwhelming number have come in the form of voluntary returns at the border, rather than removals of unauthorized immigrants from the U.S. interior. This shift has echoes of earlier...
www.migrationpolicy.org www.migrationpolicy.org
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Bok Tuklo said:
No.
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but it is

(in North America) a city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law.

In general, it refers to a policy that limits or defines the extent to which a local/state government will share information with federal immigration law ...

A sanctuary city is a municipality that limits or denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law.
 
stealthycat said:
but it is

(in North America) a city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration law.

In general, it refers to a policy that limits or defines the extent to which a local/state government will share information with federal immigration law ...

A sanctuary city is a municipality that limits or denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law.
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They cannot stop enforcing laws they have no authority to enforce to begin with.

If it makes you feel any better, they aren’t enforcing federal environmental laws either.
 
stealthycat said:
ignore the law and stop enforcing .... sounds like a sanctuary city ....
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Sounds like you must be annoyed with Trump directing ICE not to enforce deportation laws in hotels and restaurants as well as farms and meat packing plants. Guess those are now sanctuary jobs.
 
Callen said:
Sounds like you must be annoyed with Trump directing ICE not to enforce deportation laws in hotels and restaurants as well as farms and meat packing plants. Guess those are now sanctuary jobs.
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correct

I'm in the "deport everyone here illegally " camp now

I have some ideas on a compromise .... but you cannot compromise with the left. So, mass deportations it is
 
stealthycat said:
correct

I'm in the "deport everyone here illegally " camp now

I have some ideas on a compromise .... but you cannot compromise with the left. So, mass deportations it is
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Why do you think he decided to protect millions and millions from deportation? The numbers who work in these particular industries is huge.
 
stealthycat said:
correct

I'm in the "deport everyone here illegally " camp now

I have some ideas on a compromise .... but you cannot compromise with the left. So, mass deportations it is
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What about compromising with Trump? Are you good with him welcoming the millions of illegals that comprise the industries that profit him?
Or do you want them deported too?
 
dmpi said:
Not only do they ignore federal immigration laws, these cities take steps to prevent INS and other federal agencies from doing their lawful job.
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So you're admitting all the whining was never really about law and order after all?
 
Callen said:
Why do you think he decided to protect millions and millions from deportation? The numbers who work in these particular industries is huge.
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maybe he's trying to set up a compromise - f if I know, ask him
 
ataraxia said:
This is nothing new, but has been going on for a few months now.

grist.org

The Trump administration has all but stopped enforcing environmental laws

The EPA is the nation's top environmental cop. In the last few months, the federal agency has significantly scaled back pollution enforcement.
grist.org grist.org
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And white collar laws as well:

www.asisonline.org

Report: FBI to Spend Less Time on White Collar Crime, More Time on Immigration Enforcement

The report from Reuters said the guidance was given to FBI field agents and comes after the head of the DOJ Criminal Division outlined changes to how the department will approach white collar crime.
www.asisonline.org www.asisonline.org

www.crowell.com

U.S. Attorney General Shifts Focus from White Collar Crime Toward Fighting Transnational Criminal Organizations and Cartels

On February 5, 2025, the newly sworn-in Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum with the subject Total Elimination of Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations. Attorney General Bondi’s…
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Gotta protect the US oligarchs.
 
ataraxia said:
Law and Order president y'all.

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has directed its staff to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, according to a CNN report on Monday."

Put a convicted criminal to run an organized crime syndicate rather than an actual government, and this is what you get. What did you expect.
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Not remotely a surprise. This is a conservative desire, period. Now they have an administration that will do so.

This is a key reason I dont vote Republican anymore...they put profit over the planet. They dont care if we leave a toilet for future generations.

When some posters have whined "what did TACO do to you?" first time around, this was always at the top of my list...and it never even registers with them.
 
Roadvirus said:
Aiding and abetting criminals.
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They don't help but they don't interfere either. Apprehending illegals is a federal responsibility . It's not the responsibility of municipalities who are not funded for such activities. That like asking the feds to help with speeding tickets.
 
Callen said:
They don't help but they don't interfere either. Apprehending illegals is a federal responsibility . It's not the responsibility of municipalities who are not funded for such activities. That like asking the feds to help with speeding tickets.
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They refuse to honor ICE holds when an illegal is arrested for a local crime.
Sometimes, when the illegal is let out, they commit more crimes.

Somebody needs to be held criminally or at least civilly liable for that.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Once again, they love this shit.

The right wing has never been about law and order.

They are obsessed with street crime, but allowing fossil fuel companies to **** up the air quality and destroy the environment? All good, hell not just good, we should double down.
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I bet the class makeup of each group has a lot to do with that overfocus.
 
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