Just as President Donald Trump is cracking down on criminal activity by illegal aliens in Los Angeles – there have been a couple days of riots opposing federal law enforcement raids on cartel operations there – one governor has gone the other direction.
He’s signed a new law that expands his state’s protections for illegal aliens, who under federal law actually have committed crimes by entering the United States without permission.
A report at Complete Colorado outlines what the new scheme adopted by a Democrat majority legislature and signed by Democrat Gov. Jared Polis means.
As of now, state judicial and legislative branches, and local governments, are barred from sharing personal immigration-related data with federal officials. Federal authorities now are denied access to childcare facilities, hospitals and schools, unless they have a warrant.
Also, local governments cannot work with federal law enforcement agencies to detain someone facing civil immigration proceedings, and any information on an enrolled child or patient cannot be shared with federal investigators.
Among other restrictions, the report explained.
The bill, signed recently, is the Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status, and was a top priority for leftists in the legislature.
The report explained state lawmakers are continuing to be “isolating Colorado from the Trump administration’s deportation policies.”
State practice in Colorado already had limited interaction and information sharing between local and federal officers.
Despite the facts embedded in state law, Polis still claimed that state and local agencies work with federal agents “identifying, apprehending, and prosecuting criminals, regardless of their immigration status.”
Technically, all those who are in the United States illegally are in violation of the federal law, and are “criminals.”
Violators of the law would face a $50,000 fine, the report said.
Further, the law prevents jails from delaying the release of a criminal illegal alien when requested by a federal immigration official. And it “allows the governor to deny entry into Colorado to another state’s National Guard troops for immigration enforcement unless ‘the military force from another state is acting on federal orders and acting as a part of the United States armed forces,’” the report said.
And illegal aliens no longer need to document that they’ve applied for lawful status before gaining the special privilege of in-state tuition.
The report noted Rob Natelson, senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Denver-based Independence Institute, cited the “constitutional absurdities” of the agenda.
For instance, the bill recites the 10th Amendment states’ rights, but neglects to explain that immigration is not one of the powers “reserved to the states.”
