DOJ Sues Illinois to Protect, Uh, Federal Immigration Actions
Funny, isn't it, how the federal government demands cooperation from everyone else, but often struggles to cooperate with itself? While the DOJ touts 'enforcement consistency,' one might quietly observe the revolving-door policy at the U.S. southern border, where 'consistent' means a perpetual state of chaos that benefits... well, who exactly? Certainly not the migrants, nor the communities
scrambling to respond. This legal squabble focuses on states restricting local law enforcement’s ability to act as de facto ICE agents, a concept states like California and New York, often criticized by the feds, have also embraced. It's almost as if the federal government wants all the power but none of the actual responsibility for the consequences of its immigration policies. The lawsuit, of
course, fails to address the systemic issues driving migration or the human cost of policies that oscillate wildly between 'send everyone home' and 'welcome, but we'll provide zero resources.'