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Related: About this forumCalifornia governor endorses potential sanctuary cities lawsuit
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown said he would support his state suing the federal government over the Trump administration's threat to withhold grant money from so-called "sanctuary cities" that do not comply with federal immigration policy.
Brown, speaking in an interview to be aired Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press, said legislation being considered in the California Legislature would not make it the nation's first "sanctuary state." Instead, he said the legislation, which he has not decided whether to support, would prevent law enforcement in California from abetting "abuse of federal power."
Earlier this week, the Justice Department repeated a threat to withhold federal grant money to cities that actively try to subvert the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. More than a dozen cities across the country have enacted legislation or drafted policies instructing local police not to question people about their immigration status, and not to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement if someone is found to be in the country illegally.
The Trump administration argues such actions put law enforcement officers at risk and protects repeat offenders who could have been deported after their first arrest. Opponents argue the federal government is essentially trying to deputize local law enforcement and that everyday policing is made more difficult when people are afraid to talk to the officers for fear their immigration status will be uncovered.
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Hieronymus
(6,039 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)in order to subvert the abusive power of the Trumps admin. I hope Brown decides to go through with this as he has previously done with the climate change and health insurance subsidies issues. I am really glad I live in CA these days more than ever.
Gothmog
(143,998 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)I wish he would stay in office. I value his experience and opinions very much. A few takes...
1. He believes elected parties come and go in cycles.
2. Dems need to get the word out better about globalization and how it realistically effects the US.
3. The specific candidates, not the party, determine elections.
4. Dems need to encourage intelligence and representing the common man and be visionaries.
5. The Dems party needs to be more tolerant of accepting different views within the party.
Gothmog
(143,998 posts)This is an impressive line of legal talent http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/08/chicago-is-bringing-serious-ammunition-to-its-fight-against-jeff-sessions/
Also representing Chicago are David Ogden, who served as deputy attorney general in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2010, and Debo Adegbile, who worked for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and on the Senate Judiciary Committee. President Barack Obama nominated Adegbile to run the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division, but Senate Republicans and a handful of Democrats rejected his nomination because he had written a brief arguing that there was racism in the jury selection process for the trial of a man who was convicted of killing a police officer. In December 2016, Obama appointed him to the US Commission on Civil Rights.
Gorelick, Ogden, and Adegbile all work for the high-powered law firm WilmerHale. Cities and states across the country have sued the Trump administration over a variety of policies, including its ban on travelers from certain majority-Muslim countries, but few if any have had a legal team with as much high-level government experience as this one.
Byrne-JAG grants, used to fund various law enforcement priorities, will no longer be available to sanctuary jurisdictions, Sessions announced last month. In Chicago, the citys complaint states, these grants have helped the city purchase 1,000 vehicles for police officers since 2005 and allowed local nonprofits to provide emergency shelter, food, and clothing; youth mentoring and structured activities in safe places; job training and placement; conflict resolution; and activities to strengthen community cohesion and resilience in neighborhoods with high levels of violence.
Chicagos lawsuit comes after two counties successfully blocked a January executive order by President Donald Trump that ordered the Justice Department to withhold funding from sanctuary jurisdictions. In that case, federal judge William Orrick temporarily blocked the order because, he determined, it is likely to be found unconstitutional. Orrick said that the order represents an executive power grab of Congress spending authority and thus runs afoul of the separation of powers delineated in the Constitution. He also found that the order likely violates the 10th Amendment right of local governments to set local policy free from federal coercion.