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   XPost: alt.politics.usa   
   From: tirefixer9000@slowleakz.zap   
      
   On 10/28/25 11:34 AM, Collectivism_Always_Fails wrote:   
   > On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:05:01 -0400, Ubiquitous    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> The insurrection continues apace. California officials, including Nancy   
   >> Pelosi, have threatened to arrest and criminally prosecute ICE agents who   
   >> allegedly violate California law. Pelosi and Congressman Kevin Mullin issued   
   >> this press release on Wednesday:   
   >>   
   >> :Reports of a planned mass immigration raid in the Bay Area are an appalling   
   >> :abuse of law enforcement power. Broad sweeps that target families and   
   >> :terrorize law-abiding residents betray our nation’s values and waste   
   >> :resources that should focus on real threats to public safety.   
   >> :   
   >> :It is important to note that California law protects communities and   
   >> :prevents federal agents from taking certain actions here that we have   
   >> :witnessed in other states. While the President may enjoy absolute immunity   
   >> :courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do   
   >> :not. Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they   
   >> :break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot   
   >> :pardon them.   
   >> :   
   >> :The people of San Francisco will continue to stand with the patriotic   
   >> :immigrants who are the constant reinvigoration of America. We will not be   
   >> :intimidated by politically motivated fear tactics.   
   >> :   
   >> This statement can charitably be described as disgraceful. What are the   
   >> “certain actions” that federal agents have taken elsewhere that   
   supposedly   
   >> would be illegal in California, and under what California laws? Pelosi   
   >> isn’t saying. The reference to “his rogue Supreme Court” is   
   outrageous,   
   >> as is the threat that convictions under state law would be beyond   
   >> presidential pardon.   
   >>   
   >> Yesterday, the Department of Justice fired back:   
   >>   
   >> :The Justice Department on Thursday warned California officials, including   
   >> :Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), against engaging in an “apparent criminal   
   >> :conspiracy” to arrest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.   
   >> :   
   >> :Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued the letter to Pelosi, Gov.   
   >> :Gavin Newsom, state Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Francisco District   
   >> :Attorney Brooke Jenkins after the former House speaker suggested Wednesday   
   >> :that local police could arrest ICE agents if they violate state laws while   
   >> :carrying out immigration enforcement operations.   
   >> :   
   >> :“Rather than supporting and working with federal law enforcement   
   >> :professionals, California politicians, including U.S. Representative Nancy   
   >> :Pelosi and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, have instead   
   >> :called for state and local law enforcement officials to ‘arrest’   
   federal   
   >> :agents and officers for enforcing federal laws enacted by the U.S.   
   Congress,   
   >> :including federal immigration laws,” Blanche wrote in his missive.   
   >> :   
   >> :“The Department of Justice views any arrests of federal agents and   
   officers   
   >> :in the performance of their official duties as both illegal and futile,”   
   he   
   >> :added. “Numerous federal laws prohibit interfering with and impeding   
   >> :immigration or other law-enforcement operations.”   
   >> :   
   >> :Blanche said the DOJ would “investigate and prosecute any state or local   
   >> :official” who flouts federal statutes or directs or conspires with others   
   >> :to violate them.   
   >>   
   >> The prospect of arrests and counter-arrests is disheartening, to say the   
   >> least. What is going on here is not a legitimate state-based concern about   
   >> specific actions of law enforcement, but rather an unconstitutional   
   >> obstruction of the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Under the   
   >> Supremacy Clause, federal law takes precedence over state law. The states   
   >> have no ability to nullify immigration law, and any attempt to obstruct   
   >> the execution of federal law would be, as Assistant Attorney General   
   >> Blanche wrote, a crime.   
   >>   
   >> The Democrats are becoming ever more insurrectionist, with consequences   
   >> that are impossible to foresee, but are likely to be catastrophic.   
   >   
   > Interfering with federal agents doing their job is a felony.   
   > --   
   >   
   > Collectivism is for losers   
      
   Anything to protect those illegals.   
      
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