Trump-allied group's warnings may signal legal blueprint to attack 'sanctuary' jurisdictions that resist mass deportations
Trump administration may attack «sanctuary» jurisdictions that resist mass deportations.
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They threatened criminal prosecutions and lawsuits going after officials' personal finances. They invoked RICO, the federal statute often used to fight organized crime.
«You and your subordinates could potentially face up to 20 years in prison,» America First Legal, a group led by current and former advisors to President-elect Donald Trump, said in the letter. Its president, Stephen Miller, will be deputy chief of policy in the new administration and is a longtime architect of Trump's immigration policies.
The letters' targets: city, county and state officials in America's sanctuary jurisdictions, a term rooted in medieval laws that today encompasses a range of protection for immigrants, particularly those living in the U.S. illegally. Sanctuary jurisdictions limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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Some targets were chosen for statements they made after Trump's election. Maura Healey, the Democratic governor of Massachusetts, is taken to task for vowing to use «every tool in the toolbox» to resist mass deportations in her state. But most made the list for refusing to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement by holding
