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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump now deploying his version of the SS to the Sanctuary Cities
Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities
Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country.
By Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Feb. 14, 2020
Updated 5:05 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units from the southern border as part of a supercharged arrest operation in sanctuary cities across the country, an escalation in the presidents battle against localities that refuse to participate in immigration enforcement.
The specially trained officers are being sent to cities including Chicago and New York to boost the enforcement power of local ICE officers, according to two officials who are familiar with the secret operation. Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J.
The move reflects President Trumps persistence in cracking down on sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for deportation to federal authorities. It comes soon after the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a series of measures that will affect both American citizens and immigrants living in those places.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html
Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country.
By Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Feb. 14, 2020
Updated 5:05 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units from the southern border as part of a supercharged arrest operation in sanctuary cities across the country, an escalation in the presidents battle against localities that refuse to participate in immigration enforcement.
The specially trained officers are being sent to cities including Chicago and New York to boost the enforcement power of local ICE officers, according to two officials who are familiar with the secret operation. Additional agents are expected to be sent to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, New Orleans, Detroit and Newark, N.J.
The move reflects President Trumps persistence in cracking down on sanctuary cities, localities that have refused to cooperate in handing over immigrants targeted for deportation to federal authorities. It comes soon after the Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security announced a series of measures that will affect both American citizens and immigrants living in those places.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html
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Trump now deploying his version of the SS to the Sanctuary Cities (Original Post)
Zolorp
Feb 2020
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)1. They won't be welcome here in Chicago.
Initech
(100,060 posts)3. Or LA, or San Francisco.
Or Seattle, or Denver, or Minneapolis, or DC, or New York, or Miami. Hell, any major city that isn't predominantly MAGA controlled.
Initech
(100,060 posts)2. Great, let's give everybody a preview of what marshall law looks like!
bluestarone
(16,900 posts)4. What authority will they have
malaise
(268,887 posts)5. It's a complete attempt at a fascist take over
Stop the madman and his goons
mahina
(17,640 posts)7. How will we tell who they are?
Lol I kid.
I remember the guys taking pics of us protesting Jan 21 2001 in short shorts with black socks and oxfords with the whitest legs Ive ever seen.
Maybe theyve learned. That might work until they speak.
Well send them back mellow!