The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is taking aim at Minnesota and its Twin Cities, alleging the deliberate obstruction of the enforcement of federal immigration laws, and protecting “dangerous criminal aliens from facing consequences.”
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Minnesota is designated on the list as having “self-identification as a state sanctuary jurisdiction,” naming Minneapolis, St. Paul and 20 counties: Carver, Cottonwood, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Nicollet, Nobles, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Ramsey, Scott, Steele, Todd, Watonwan and Wright counties.
It’s called the Tenth Amendment, not that the Constitution means much to Homeland Security. If the states, counties, and cities wish to help you, they can. If they don’t, they don’t have to.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey nailed it:
In response to the executive order, Mayor Jacob Frey said he won’t comply, calling it illegal.
“I don’t want our police officers tracking down undocumented immigrants when we need to prevent homicides from taking place and car jackings,” Frey said. “[Trump] can’t require local law enforcement to do certain and specified federal work. That would be against the state law because federal immigration policy is not one of the enumerated policies under state law that police can conduct that business in.”
Minneapolis has an ordinance in place barring law enforcement and public officials from enforcing federal immigration laws.
