Subject: Re: Operation Charlotte's Web

I have been saying, for years, that so called "sanctuary cities/counties/states" are fundamentally wrong. If you don't like a law, don't ignore it, change it. That is how democracies are supposed to work.

First, ICE got a huge boost in funding a little while ago on your point I didn't copy.

The so called "sanctuary cities/counties/states" are not fundamentally wrong. Trump wanted to coopt all the local police departments in areas into de fact ICE. They also wanted locals to retain anyone detained that may be illegal until they got there. Solving crime depends a lot on witnesses and people cooperating with law enforcement. IT REALLY DOES. (emphasis mine). And places that have good cooperation from communities that also contain illegals want that cooperation to continue, as everyone benefits from solved crimes and reduce. So 1. Trump wanted to coopt local police (who don't have immunity from a bad arrest, but ICE does), and 2. the affect on the community is some crime doesn't get reported and the solution rate goes down on the crime that is reported - sad but true. And some places would let ICE have released detainees, but ICE, when notified, weren't there to pick them up. Immigration is a Federal responsibility, not state.

Also,4. some areas and industries use undox labor and prices on food, etc, will rise. They are already rising now. And 3., if someone has been here for 40 years and doesn't have a criminal record, what's the point in deporting them?