Gavin Newsom tries to ICE the Constitution, again
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Gavin Newsom tries to ICE the Constitution, again
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Gavin Newsom took an oath to “support and defend” the US Constitution when he became Governor of California. But you wouldn’t know it from his habit of signing unconstitutional bills into law.
The latest example is AB 1627, part of a slew of laws the governor signed targeting federal immigration enforcement.
The law bars US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers “from holding office or being employed as a peace officer” in the State of California if they are accused of “serious misconduct” while enforcing federal immigration law.
“Serious misconduct” is a vague definition. To Democrats, any enforcement of the law — whether immigration law, or other law — is “serious misconduct.”
And, of course, Democrats believe that anything an ICE officer does is “serious misconduct.” Newsom even called immigration enforcement........
