On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a lawsuit against multiple Democrats in the state of New York.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, alleging a failure to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants.
“We’re here today because we have filed charges against the state of New York,” Bondi announced at the start of her press conference. “We have filed charges against Kathy Hochul. We have filed charges against Leticia James and Mark Schroeder, who is with DMV.”
“This is a new DOJ, and we are taking steps to protect Americans,” she continued. “New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today.”
Bondi highlighted the danger posed by the millions of illegal aliens that have flooded into U.S. communities with the drugs and violence they bring.
Bondi struck a highly aggressive tone in delivering her remarks, warning that any state that does not comply with federal law will be “next.”
New York has “green light laws, meaning they’re giving a green light to any illegal alien in New York, where law enforcement officers cannot check their identity if they pull them over,” she said.
“Law enforcement officers do not have access to their background, and if these great men and women pull over someone and don’t have access to their background, they have no idea who they’re dealing with,” she continued. “And it puts their lives on the line every single day.”
“Violent criminals, gang members, drug traffickers, human smugglers, will no longer terrorize the American people, and that is why we are here today,” she concluded. “You will be held accountable if you do not follow federal law. It’s over, it ends, and we’re coming after you.”
Bondi said that she is prepared to fight any states or officials who do not comply and will take the case all the way up to the Supreme Court if necessary.
The lawsuit came the same day the Dallas Police Department’s interim police chief Michael Igo said the the agency will not take part in any deportation raids or arrests currently being carried out by the Trump administration.
“The Dallas Police Department is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that are either documented or undocumented in the city of Dallas,” Igo said to attendees at Familia Bethel Internacional church in Dallas, per CBS News.
Igo, who has been interim chief of police since October, told the Spanish-speaking parishioners that his department would not turn in or report anyone here illegally who calls 911 for help or is pulled over for traffic violations.
“I need you guys to continue to call the police, to not be afraid to come out of your homes to go to work, to send our kids to school,” said Igo.
He also reassured the parishioners that no arrests or raids would be conducted in churches, schools or hospitals, although he did say that immigrants with outstanding warrants would likely face deportation.
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LOVE IT! Laws are enforced. How novel and how just!