Sessions to California: 'There is no secession'

[haele]

14. Take it to the Courts. Again and Again.

1. "Sanctuary Cities" are not even a trademark. It's a campaign slogan, at best. There's no recognizable definition of what that designation actually means - just like a nickname. If I regularly call my boss "Pickle-Bear" in public and s/he's cool with it, what does that mean to anyone else other than a general sense of camaraderie or trusting friendship?
2. Jurisdiction/State and Local Rights. The state and local governments are still following the rules so far as they can, but they're not going out of their way to spend their limited resources targeting otherwise "law abiding" citizens. Just as state and local governments don't - and can't - aggressively go after under-the-table tax cheats or people driving or running businesses without licenses or insurance, they don't have to go after and spend money on otherwise harmless undocumented residents that wouldn't normally even come up on their budgetary radar.
3. Equal protection/targeting based on race - and the 5th Amendment. ICE is going after Central and South Americans in particular. Yes, they'll get the occasional European or Asian "outstayed the visa" business owner or professional when they get a complaint about his or her status from a rival or vengeful a-hole, but for the most part, ICE targets communities where there are already a lot of green-card holders, naturalized and native born citizens who just happen to be brown and speak a version of Spanish along with English.
How many poor native born citizens have been targeted up by ICE just because of the way they look when they don't think they have to carry their ID with them at all times? What if all someone who's brown has as official identification is a Social Security card and their birth certificate, which they keep at home (like you're supposed to) and bring out when necessary? Will INS and Homeland Security be focusing on groups of people who look like they have Polish or Irish heritage as hard as they do people who look like the darker section of a sample paint hue strip?

It's not legal to target people due to their ethnicity. So, forcing states and local governments to do so is unconstitutional - especially by withholding funding or other punitive measures.

Haele