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| Warning of ICE sweep, Oakland mayor takes Trump resistance to new level |
| 2018-02-26 |
| [SF Chronicle] The relationship between U.S. immigration officials and California’s liberal leaders soured long ago, but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s decision to warn potential targets of federal arrest that an immigration sweep could be imminent was an extraordinary escalation. Schaaf said she issued the alert Saturday night after receiving confidential tips from "credible sources" who revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, known as ICE, was planning arrests across the Bay Area as soon as Sunday. he and Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick discussed the reports before Schaaf concluded the information was solid enough to go public, according to people familiar with her thinking. Schaaf said she also conferred with "legal counsel" to make sure she wasn’t opening herself up to federal prosecution. The news release that resulted ‐ which Schaaf said was intended "not to panic our residents but to protect them" ‐ was among the most assertive maneuvers by a local politician to counter the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The message: Not only will Oakland and its police force not cooperate with ICE, but the city will actively seek to thwart efforts to detain and deport immigrants. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Donks and the old Klan, Donks and the new illegals Any difference? What law? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-02-26 17:29 |
| #12 There is a statute for that. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-02-26 16:45 |
| #11 Obstruction of Justice ought to be charged on the lot of them. |
| Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2018-02-26 15:51 |
| #10 Don't need that, B. FBI's got the lock on impostors. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-02-26 15:50 |
| #9 Lets get creative shall we? How about ICE agents wired posing as illegals ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-26 15:33 |
| #8 So simple. Start a leak every other day that ICE is launching a raid in Oakland Calf. After a few weeks, the problem is solved. |
| Posted by: G. Whotha5763 2018-02-26 13:53 |
| #7 Regarding the President and Immigration law, the Supremes just punted their decision on Dreamers until next year or so. That seemed clear cut to me so I'm a bit confused. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-02-26 12:57 |
| #6 Didn't Trump pull ICE out of California? No, rjschwarz, he just pondered aloud the possibility that he might. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-02-26 10:57 |
| #5 the country has accepted the ideas that our borders are not open, that the welfare state here is not without financial limits and that in perilous times such as today, immigration is largely and legally in the hands of the president, whether one has voted for him or not. Judge Andrew Napolitano Is POTUS, under Article II, not charged with enforcing the laws of the land, including immigration laws enacted by Congress? If so, wouldn't this Mayor be in violation of the law and in jeopardy of prosecution? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-02-26 10:24 |
| #4 Didn't Trump pull ICE out of California? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-02-26 09:28 |
| #3 ....in slow motion. Frog, boiling water sort of thing. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-02-26 07:39 |
| #2 The shots on Fort Sumter? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-02-26 01:51 |
| #1 How long before ICE is targeted by State and local LE? The shooting insurrection will then have begun. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-02-26 01:42 |