The Hill: DC residents confront federal agents, local officers during arrest near school drop-off

A group of Washington, D.C., residents confronted federal agents and local police officers on Wednesday after law enforcement showed up in their neighborhood to conduct a drug arrest.

Members of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., protested the increased law enforcement presence, which focused on an apartment building blocks from a school during morning drop-off, The Associated Press reported.

Residents told gathered officers to “quit your jobs” and said “nobody wants you here,” according to the AP. The pushback comes amid President Trump’s decision to ramp up federal forces in the nation’s capital in an effort to crack down on crime.

“People are on Signal chats and they’re absolutely terrified, and everyone is following this,” one man who had just dropped off his third grader at nearby Bancroft Elementary School told the AP. 

“It’s distressful. We feel invaded, and it’s really terrible,” he added.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said they were carrying out a sting on a “suspected drug dealer” and invited immigration enforcement agents to distract from their efforts, the AP reported.

“The immigration folks were parked over there to get you all to leave us alone,” Sgt. Michael Millsaps told the wire.

At least 10 police cruisers lined the block, witnesses told the AP, which reported that some officers carried riot shields or rifles.

The broader federal crackdown in D.C. has sparked pushback from residents elsewhere in the city, though in many cases the presence of increased law enforcement has gone by without incident.

A Washington Post poll that found most D.C. residents oppose Trump’s takeover of the local police. Sixty-nine percent of participants said they “strongly” oppose the president’s decision to take federal control of D.C. police, and 10 percent said they “somewhat” oppose the move.

Trump has repeatedly defended his decision over the past several weeks.

The Hill has reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the MPD for comment.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5475351-washington-residents-protest-police

The Hill: [“Bimbo #3”] Bondi ramps up pressure on 32 ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’: Who’s on the list?

Attorney General Pam [“Bimbo #3”] Bondi said Thursday she was ramping up pressure on 32 “sanctuary jurisdictions,” urging them to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts.

“I just sent Sanctuary City letters to 32 mayors around the country and multiple governors saying, you better be abiding by our federal policies and with our federal law enforcement, because if you aren’t, we’re going to come after you,” she told a Fox News reporter

“And they have, I think, a week to respond to me, so let’s see who responds and how they respond. It starts at the top, and our leaders have to support our law enforcement,” she added. 

The measure comes after an Aug. 5 release from the Justice Department highlighting various states, cities and counties deemed noncompliant with regulations that impede enforcement of federal immigration laws.

“For too long, so-called sanctuary jurisdiction policies have undermined this necessary cooperation and obstructed federal immigration enforcement, giving aliens cover to perpetrate crimes in our communities and evade the immigration consequences that federal law requires,” [“Bimbo #3”] Bondi wrote in the letter to officials across the country. 

“Any sanctuary jurisdiction that continues to put illegal aliens ahead of American citizens can either come to the table or see us in court,” [“Bimbo #3”] Bondi wrote in a post announcing the move. 

She cited a late April executive order from President Trump as legal grounds for the push. 

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for the 32 jurisdictions that received letters from [“Bimbo #3”] Bondi. 

The below jurisdictions received a letter from the Department of Justice on Aug. 5:

States:

  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Nevada
  • New York
  • Oregon
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Washington

Counties:

  • Baltimore County, Md.
  • Cook County, Ill.
  • San Diego County, Calif.
  • San Francisco County, Calif.

Cities:

  • Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Berkeley, Calif.
  • Boston
  • Chicago
  • Denver
  • District of Columbia
  • East Lansing, Mich.
  • Hoboken, N.J.
  • Jersey City, N.J.
  • Los Angeles
  • New Orleans
  • New York City
  • Newark, N.J.
  • Paterson, N.J.
  • Philadelphia
  • Portland, Ore.
  • Rochester, N.Y.
  • Seattle
  • San Francisco City

Pam Bimbo #3 Bondi is one of the stupidest women on Earth. Despite already losing a couple such cases on well-established Tenth Amendment grounds, she is now threatening to replicate her failures in 12 states, 4 counties, and 19 cities. When God passed out brains, Pam Bimbo #3 Bondi must have been hanging out near the manure spreader.

The bottom line is that the federal government can’t compel state and local governments to do its bidding. If the state and local governments don’t wish to comply or assist, the federal government must do its own dirty work.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5454204-bondi-immigration-enforcement-urge

The Hill: GOP senator criticizes Padilla being wrestled to floor

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (R) on Wednesday criticized the forceful removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press conference last week, while also critiquing his “inappropriate” behavior.

 Tillis said the incident, which followed a handful of escalations with Democratic lawmakers, was “disgusting” during a speech on the floor.

“There were clearly people in that building that knew he was a U.S. senator. So the minute he was removed from that situation in that briefing room, then they should have treated him with respect and allowed him to disperse,” Tillis said Wednesday.

“It was disgusting to me to see somebody wrestle to the floor, anybody, but particularly a U.S. senator that’s in a federal building,” he added.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5357540-thom-tillis-alex-padilla-press-conference

The Hill: Homan says Trump administration to ramp up workplace immigration enforcement

The Nebraska business owner whose facility was raided by ICE on Tuesday said he’s worked to ensure that employees are legally in the United States by checking their identity with E-Verify, a system managed by the Department of Homeland Security. 

However, officials told him the system was “broken” after the raid, which left him clueless on how to properly process individuals who’ve applied for employment.

“I mean, what am I supposed to do with that? This is your system, run by the government. And you’re raiding me because your system is broken?” Chad Hartmann, president of Glenn Valley Foods, told The Associated Press

ICE officials told him they’d help him figure out the best method for hiring …

“Best method” until the next raid? ICE could probably care less.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5347195-homan-says-trump-administration-to-ramp-up-workplace-immigration-enforcement

The Hill: Crockett on [Bimbo #2] Noem trip to Israel: ‘You just had a good photo op’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) slammed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi [Bimbo #2] Noem for her recent trip to Israel, declaring it just another “photo op.”

Crockett said she didn’t think anything substantive would come from the foreign trip scheduled days after two Israeli Embassy staffers were fatally shot outside of a museum in Washington.

“You just had a good photo op. And I think that that’s probably all Kristi [Bimbo #2] Noem is good for, is a photo op,” Crockett said Sunday during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Weekends with Alex Witt.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5319575-jasmine-crockett-kristi-noem-israel-trip