Over the weekend, multiple protests were held in major cities across America to push back against the Trump administration and their efforts to curb illegal immigration. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke at a rally in his city and declared “No federal troops in the city of Chicago!” Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan told Newsmax on Tuesday that the rhetoric from Democratic leadership “is not going to stop” ICE.
“And I think everyone needs to remember that ICE officers go out and enforce immigration laws. It’s written, it is our job to remove gang members, murderers, rapists, and traffickers from the streets of these cities. And we will continue to go into these major metropolitan areas and enforce immigration laws as written. Now, we would love for those cities to join us in a 287(g) agreement. But given the rhetoric from their leadership, we don’t think that’s going to happen,” Sheahan said during an appearance on “Newsline.”
According to the ICE website, Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act allows “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to delegate to state and local law enforcement officers the authority to perform specified immigration officer functions under the agency’s direction and oversight.”
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