Law enforcement agencies in Stockton and San Joaquin County said they would follow California law and would not help ICE with raids in the area.
Top law enforcement officials in the Twin Cities are already pushing back against President Trump's new hardline immigration policies. The big picture: Just days into the new administration, Trump's campaign pledge to oversee mass deportations of immigrants is taking shape,
Just a day after Trump issued a slate of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was rescinding protections for “sensitive zones” where undocumented immigrants were protected from deportation.
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
President Donald Trump signed more executive orders aimed at shutting down the southern border, but the details on how migrants would be blocked from crossing remain unclear.
An internal NYPD memo by Commissioner Jessica Tisch sent last week reminds officers to not assist federal authorities in immigration enforcement in the five boroughs.
The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
Donald Trump is leaning on agencies besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help execute his promise of carrying out mass deportations.
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.
Several districts cited recent guidelines issued by New York officials that outlined how schools should react to immigration visits.
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.