Sauce for the goose: NC sheriffs now oppose mandate to help ICE - but it's closer to becoming law [View all]
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article228789969.html
NC sheriffs now oppose mandate to help ICE – but it’s closer to becoming law
...House Bill 370 won approval from the state House on Wednesday just hours after the association announced its opposition.
The bill would require law enforcement agencies across the state to comply with detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
...After the House vote, Speaker Tim Moore’s office published a news release that included quotes from Rep. Destin Hall, a Caldwell County Republican.
“These sanctuary sheriffs are simply putting partisan politics ahead of public safety,” Hall said.
Compare to:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10672014
https://www.abqjournal.com/1300209/ag-directs-sheriffs-chiefs-to-enforce-gun-law.html
AG directs sheriffs, chiefs to enforce gun law
SANTA FE — Attorney General Hector Balderas is warning sheriffs and police chiefs throughout New Mexico that they risk legal liability if they refuse to enforce the state’s new background checks law for gun sales.
The legislation, which takes effect this summer, emerged as one of the most fiercely debated proposals of the 2019 session, with sheriffs and their deputies turning out in force to testify against it. Some said they simply wouldn’t enforce it even if it became law.
But Balderas, a Democrat, sent a letter to every law enforcement agency in the state Thursday, warning them of a legal obligation to uphold the requirements outlined in Senate Bill 8, regardless of whether they agree with the legislation.
“As law enforcement officials,” Balderas said, “we do not have the freedom to pick and choose which state laws we enforce.”
One wonders what some of those that replied to the following threads might have to say about this
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142272102
Washington state: at least 20 county sheriffs refuse to enforce new gun laws
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211974552#post1
Lock him up.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211974552#post7
Fire all police who refuse to enforce the law
Fire them, lock them up, fine them. Fucking Nazis!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172207848#post3
Let's hope his wish is granted
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