{"id":24747,"date":"2021-07-07T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24747"},"modified":"2021-07-07T15:38:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:38:33","slug":"lulac-calls-police-border-insurrection-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/07\/07\/lulac-calls-police-border-insurrection-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"LULAC Calls Troops at Border an \u2018Insurrection\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With several states<\/a> sending troopers and National Guard units to the chaotic southern border, illegal aliens will have a tougher time moving\u00a0into the country, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The League of United Latin American Citizens<\/a> (LULAC)\u00a0is worried — but not about the broken border. Rather, it is demanding that Washington stop the states\u2019 \u201cinsurrection \u2026 [and]deploy federal troops to defend the rights and lives of Hispanic-Americans on the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LULAC\u2019s racially tinged claim of \u201crebellious states usurping federal powers\u201d is ridiculous and patently false. The reinforcements in Texas and Arizona under a multistate emergency compact<\/a> are not enforcing federal immigration law. But they are<\/em> working to restore a semblance of law and order. Has LULAC contorted its open-borders position to the point of covering for criminal acts? It\u2019s certainly ironic when such organizations hurl accusations of rebellion while supporting sanctuary policies that actively thwart federal enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorized to make arrests as Texas<\/a> raises penalties on offenses ranging from human trafficking to criminal trespassing, out-of-state troops serve as force multipliers in border areas overrun by illegal aliens and criminal cartels. Whether crimes will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and whether criminal aliens are ever be deported, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Migration Policy Institute<\/a> notes that Congress authorizes state and local police to arrest violators of two criminal immigration provisions: one barring smuggling and trafficking, and another targeting people who re-enter the country illegally following removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to LULAC\u2019s overheated rhetoric, local and state\nauthorities cannot stop individuals solely to inquire about immigration status.\nIllegal aliens not charged with local or state offenses are turned over to\nfederal immigration officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s the biggest loophole in this operation because the\nU.S. immigration enforcement apparatus under President Joe Biden has devolved\ninto a migrant processing service. Delivering\n\u201cnon-criminal\u201d aliens to a Border Patrol station means only a slight administrative\ndelay in their release into the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hammering home their frustration, four Texas sheriffs and the Federal Police Foundation, representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, last month sued<\/a> the administration for preventing federal officers from deporting\u00a0criminal aliens. In May, Florida<\/a> sued over the administration\u2019s failure to detain aliens released from prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The multi-state compact can be a helpful tool for local police work — certainly it\u2019s better than nothing — but at the end of the day immigration enforcement remains a federal responsibility. Amid this administration\u2019s ongoing dereliction of duty, Washington has become the source of the real insurrection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With several states sending troopers and National Guard units to the chaotic southern border, illegal aliens will have a tougher time moving\u00a0into the country, right? The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)\u00a0is worried — but not about the broken border. Rather, it is demanding that Washington stop the states\u2019 \u201cinsurrection \u2026 [and]deploy federal troops<\/p>\n

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