The Department of Homeland Security has escalated its clash with so-called sanctuary states this week, warning California, New York, and Illinois in letters obtained by CBS News that refusal to honor immigration detainers could trigger federal legal action.
In letters dated Sept. 10, Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons ordered the attorneys general of the three states to declare within two days whether they would comply with “thousands of ICE detainers” lodged against individuals in state custody, according to DHS. Immigration detainers are formal requests by ICE asking local jails and prisons to notify the agency before releasing an individual, and to hold them briefly so federal agents can take undocumented migrants into federal custody.
Why believe the federal government on their threats?
You’re damned if you do … and damned if you don’t
It’s the same thing that happens when the mafia start threatening everyone with breaking knees if you don’t just give up all your money all the time … eventually people figure out that it’s better to fight back because your going to lose your knees anyway.
There’s a reason why the mafia balance their threats … they want to keep people afraid enough to give up some of their money all the time … rather than be constantly and perpetually afraid to the point where people will just get suicidal and make you no money at all.