Sanctuary jurisdictions are going to be getting a lot of visitors, with Customs and Border Control agents helping ICE enforce federal law
ICE plans to deploy more resources in sanctuary cities
Federal immigration officials confirmed Friday that border agents and officers, including those in tactical units, will be deployed in Los Angeles and other so-called sanctuary cities to assist in the arrests of immigrants in the country illegally.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed details of the planned deployment that were first reported in the New York Times. The agency referred further questions to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security.
CBP will deploy 50 Border Patrol agents and 50 field operations customs officers in nine areas, according to the agency. Specially trained officers will be sent to cities including Chicago and New York, the New York Times reported.
Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J., according to the agency. The deployment of the teams will run from February through May.
CBP agents and officers being detailed to help ICE will come from different sectors and job positions, including some trained in tactical operations, according to the agency.“ICE is utilizing CBP to supplement enforcement activity in response to the resource challenges stemming from sanctuary city policies,†ICE Director Matthew Albence said in a statement.
On one hand, this is great. Sanctuary jurisdictions need to be held responsible for sheltering illegal aliens, and illegals are more likely to be in sanctuary jurisdictions. On the other, CPB should be doing the stuff on protecting the border and inspecting incoming shipments, not arresting illegals. But, we’ll have to see how long this operation lasts. It could be a quick couple weeks with a massive roundup. They should arrest law enforcement officials and politicians who shelter and protect illegals. Sadly, that probably won’t happen.
Meanwhile, in San Diego county
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the rare step of serving four administrative subpoenas Friday to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for information on four Mexican nationals wanted for deportation.
The immigration subpoenas are the first of their kind in California, though they’re just the latest deployment of a new, month-old Trump administration tactic aimed at so-called sanctuary cities and states.
ICE, the Department of Homeland Security agency responsible for arresting and deporting people in the U.S. illegally, used the subpoenas Jan. 15 in Denver for what was believed to be the first time. The agency subsequently used them in New York and on Thursday in Connecticut.
According to an ICE spokeswoman, the subpoenas are not court-ordered or signed by a judge. But if the Sheriff’s Department does not comply, ICE said it can coordinate with federal prosecutors to seek an order from a federal judge that would compel the Sheriff’s Department to comply.
ICE is taking these steps because sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to comply with detainers on criminal illegal aliens who shouldn’t be in the U.S. I still say they should get actual court ordered orders, ones which would see law enforcement and politicians arrested for non-compliance
