Bolts.com has done another interesting Q&A with state and local leaders about how they’re dealing with ICE and CBP. It’s quite interesting and somewhat inspiring. The Resistance is deep:
The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to federal immigration enforcement.
Already, a growing list of states has moved to restrict local collaboration with ICE, and in many local criminal justice elections this year, assisting federal immigration authorities has become a defining issue.
We asked our readers to send us their questions about state and local responses to the federal immigration crackdown as part of our ongoing series “Ask Bolts.” With the help of our entire staff, we respond to nine of those questions below.
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How are state and local governments helping ICE?
These people don’t get a lot of national attention but what they are doing is one of the most vital forms of resistance to the DHS assault.