As Part of Trump Assault on Immigrant Communities, Sessions Dangles Carrot to Cops in Four Cities
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is turning up the heat on four cities with laws preventing local police from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The lead US prosecutor said on Thursday that he wouldn’t consider the municipalities for a recently announced program until they agree to step up assistance to ICE agents carrying out deportations. The four cities are: Baltimore, Md., Albuquerque, N.M., San Bernardino, Calif., and Stockton, Calif. “By protecting criminals from immigration enforcement, cities and states with so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies make all of…