Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in a fight with incoming Trump border czar: ‘Not very smart’:
Incoming border czar Tom Homan says he hopes Boston Mayor Michelle Wu doesn’t “cross the line” when the Trump administration begins rolling out its mass deportation plan early next year.
Homan responded late Monday and again on Tuesday to Wu’s vow that she will continue to protect immigrants in “every possible way” under President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation threat, saying she needs to educate herself on federal immigration law.
“Well, she’s not very smart, I’ll give her that,” Homan said during a Monday night appearance on Newsmax. “President Trump’s going to prioritize public safety threats. What mayor or governor doesn’t want public safety threats out of their communities?
“That’s our number one responsibility,” he added, “to protect their communities and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”
Homan also continued to emphasize “Title 8, United States Code 1324 III,” saying he suggests Wu read the section so she can know that harboring or concealing an illegal alien from a law enforcement officer is against federal law.
“They can not cooperate,” Homan said, “but there are certain laws in place that they can’t cross and I hope she doesn’t cross it.”
Wu responded Tuesday to Homan’s comments in a statement shared with the Herald.
“They can say whatever they want about me, but our public safety record speaks for itself: Boston is the safest major city in America,” the mayor said. “Our homicide rates are among the lowest of any city nationally, and gun violence has been at an all-time historic low over the last two years here in Boston”
“This is no coincidence,” she added. “It’s a reflection of the trust between our residents and our public safety officials, and a result of our daily focus on community policing and coordinating city services. We will continue to focus on that work and have no intention of rolling out the welcome mat for them.”
Homan’s comments came after Wu cited Boston’s status as a sanctuary city under the Trust Act, during a segment on WCVB’s “On the Record” that aired Sunday. The ordinance, passed in 2014 under Mayor Marty Walsh, limits the city’s cooperation with some federal immigration laws. --->READ MORE HERE
ANDREW McCARTHY: Trump's incoming border czar issues a warning sanctuary cities ignore at their own peril
Sanctuary cities have been tolerated for too long because Democrats — at every level — refuse to enforce federal law
In a recent television interview, prospective Trump administration border "czar" Tom Homan said that state officials will be liable to federal prosecution if they actively impede federal agents in the enforcement of immigration law — including apprehending and detaining illegal aliens.
In context, Homan was being asked about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who has vowed that the city would protect non-citizens in "every possible way" from the Trump administration’s plans for large-scale deportations.
Homan made clear that the feds would not attempt to commandeer state and city officials. He acknowledged that such officials have no duty to help federal immigration agents. But they may not interfere with the agents in the execution of their duties or take affirmative steps to conceal or shield illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement.
Homan is right about this.
He pointed out that it is a federal felony under Section 1324(1)(a)(iii) of the immigration laws (Title 8, U.S. Code) if a person,
knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation[.]
The Supreme Court has explained, in United States v. Gillock (1980), for example, that "in those areas where the Constitution grants the Federal Government the power to act, the Supremacy Clause dictates that federal enactments will prevail over competing state exercises of power." As a result, state or municipal officials who are accused of violating federal criminal law will not be heard to claim in their defense that they were carrying out official state policies — even if those policies are codified in laws, regulations, or ordinances at the state or local levels. --->READ MORE HERE
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