By R. Cort Kirkwood
Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove
In keeping with Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive orders on immigration, the acting U.S. deputy attorney general has warned state and local officials: Do not stand in the way of federal authorities who attempt to arrest and deport illegal-alien criminals and then target the millions of “migrants” living here illegally.
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) principal mission vis-à-vis immigration, Emil Bove wrote in a memorandum to department employees, is first ridding the nation of illegal-alien rapists, murderers, and other criminals. Then DOJ will assist with deporting the rest of the illegal-alien horde.
That is in keeping with the department’s duty of “aggressive enforcement of laws enacted by Congress,” he wrote.
And it will include investigating and prosecuting far-left sanctuary officials who block Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from doing their duty, or who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration directives.
Myriad such officials have vowed rebellion and insurrection to fight Trump.
Before detailing the changes to DOJ’s policy and the requirements of U.S. attorneys, Bove explained the genesis of his memorandum.
The memo’s directives were prompted by “three of the most serious threats facing the American people,” Bove wrote:
First, Cartels and other Transnational Criminal Organizations, such as Tren de Aragua (TA) and La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), are a scourge on society resulting in an unstable and unsafe border and huge flows of illegal immigration in violation of U.S. law. Second, brutal and intolerable violent crime by members of these organizations and illegal aliens is escalating rapidly across the country. Third, the fentanyl crisis and opioid epidemic are poisoning our communities and have inflicted an unprecedented toll of addiction, suffering, and death.
Joe Biden permitted the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to invade the nation and establish beacheads in major cities. DOJ will help eradicate these alien threats, and is required to do so to uphold the Constitution and American laws.
Rescinding a DOJ directive from 2017, Bove wrote that “prosecutors should charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offenses…”
Read the rest here: https://thenewamerican.com/us/acting-deputy-ag-doj-will-investigate-prosecute-sanctuary-officials-who-try-to-block-deportations/
