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Originally Posted by pokerodox
I just can't stand this concept of sanctuary cities (propaganda term - they're just refusing to obey the law, and probably a major contributor to this immigration mess we are in), so I was really hoping this would sail through.
The argument from cities is, you can't force us to be enforcement arms for the federal government, 10th amendment bitches.
I would assume that's an argument conservatives would be sympathetic to on literally any other issue, but if liberals make it to avoid deporting people, all of a sudden conservatives find a raging hard-on for the power of the federal government.
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Originally Posted by pokerodox
Just a funny juxtaposition of these points.
If they were breaking the law, why wouldn't the federal government just sue them and get a judge to enforce compliance?
This seems more like the way the government used to (iirc, I was young) enforce a national speed limit, or the way they (I believe) still do enforce a national drinking age, by using some specific pool of funds as bait for states to comply with what the government wants. idk what would allow the federal government to just withhold
all money destined for certain locales because of one thing they don't like, when previous agreements likely didn't stipulate that local police forces also ship people off to DHS when DHS wants or whatever.