Grab your popcorn, kids!
It turns out the Constitution has this thing called the Supremacy Clause that says federal law takes precedence over state law.
And the Justice Department has let it be known that includes immigration laws passed by so-called sanctuary states and cities like Denver and our own state government.
U.S. Attorneys have been put on alert to start challenging those laws in court and going after local and state officials who refuse to follow federal immigration laws.
We’ve dubbed it Operation Denver Dumbf*cks.
Fox News obtained the Justice Department memo that outlines the directive from acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove who says the action is necessary to pursue the most serious threats facing the American people.
Those threats include cartels and criminal organizations like Tren de Aragua and MS-13, which Bove says “are a scourge on society resulting in an unstable and unsafe border and huge flows of illegal immigration in violation of U.S. law.”
In the memo, Bove said:
“Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing, and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests, pursuant to, for example, the President’s extensive Article II authority with respect to foreign affairs and national security, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the Alien Enemies Act.”
Bove directed the U.S. Attorneys to investigate any incidents of misconduct for potential prosecution by those who would obstruct federal functions.
And buried in this threat bogged down by legalize is the confirmation that the Trump administration is coming to overturn Colorado’s Sanctuary State laws.
“Finally, laws and actions that threaten to impede Executive Branch immigration initiatives, including by prohibiting disclosures of information to federal authorities engaged in immigration-enforcement activities, threaten public safety and national security,” the memo said. “The Civil Division shall work with the newly established Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group, within the Office of the Associate Attorney General, to identify state and local laws, policies, and activities that are inconsistent with Executive Branch immigration initiatives, and, where appropriate, to take legal action to challenge the laws.”
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