Obviously, this will never fly with Democrats, because their idea of compromise is to get everything they want and give nothing
White House Offers Narrow Immigration Enforcement Changes As Talks Drag On
White House officials on Tuesday outlined narrow adjustments the administration would make to federal immigration enforcement operations to answer Democratic demands for major changes in exchange for funding the Department of Homeland Security.
In a letter to Senate Republicans, the administration ignored several of Democrats’ top priorities, including blocking immigration officers from wearing masks to shield their identities and requiring them to obtain warrants from judges to enter private homes or businesses. And the proposal did not address Democrats’ call for a use-of-force policy, a central demand they made after federal immigration officers killed two American citizens in Minneapolis.
Any use of force policy still would have seen the two dead because trying to kill law enforcement officers usually gets you a casket.
In the letter, Tom Homan, the White House border czar, and James Braid, a top legislative affairs aide, said that the administration was open to enforcing “the use of visible officer identification,” something that Democrats have called for, and requiring federal immigration officials to identify themselves and state their law-enforcement agency when asked. Their proposal would exempt undercover officers.
They also wrote that White House would limit “civil immigration enforcement activities” at “certain sensitive locations” like hospitals and schools, though they proposed an exception for “immediate needs like national security, flight risks and public safety.”
Democrats have demanded that immigration officers be prohibited from conducting enforcement near locations like child-care facilities, churches, polling places and courts, and they will likely request a clear definition of “sensitive locations” as a condition of accepting a deal.
By near, Dems most likely mean within 3 miles of one. As for masks, well, as long as Democrat voters are raving wackjobs and attack immigration officers and their families that won’t end
Mr. Homan and Mr. Braid also said the administration would “expand the use” of body cameras, except for undercover officers, and require that footage be retained. That offer appeared to fall short of Democrats’ demands that all immigration officers be required to wear body cameras.
Really, Homan should get behind the use of body cams, since they show in the vast majority of times that the officers were not the problem. Demanding all cops wear them was a big backfire. I’m not sure why cops wouldn’t want to wear them. Especially ICE right now.
Mr. Homan and Mr. Braid said that officials would no longer block lawmakers from conducting unannounced oversight visits of immigration detention facilities. House Democrats sued the Homeland Security Department over policies that sought to limit those visits, and a federal judge has blocked the department from implementing them.
They were never blocked, they just needed to give notice. Just like always. These days, though, every wacko Dem would rather spend time going to ICE facilities than helping their American constituents.
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, accused the White House on Tuesday of failing to engage on requirements around masks and warrants and suggested that the Trump administration’s offer remained unacceptable.
“They haven’t budged on those,” Mr. Schumer said. “They’ve got to get serious.”
See? The Trump admin offers to do a goodly chunk of what Dems wanted, but, that’s not enough, it must be all or nothing for Democrats. Did Democrats require warrants when Obama was picking illegals up and quickly deporting them? Nope. Or during the Biden regime? Nope. And what are Democrats willing to give up? To offer?
