President Trump held an executive order on Monday to create a list of and strip funding from states that “continue to use their authority to violate, obstruct, and defy the enforcement of Federal immigration laws.”
The President signed three executive orders on Monday, including one that empowers and protects police against DEI and anti-police state and local officials in order to protect innocent citizens. Another order mandates that commercial truck drivers achieve proficiency in English, the designated official language of the United States.
The new executive orders bring Trump’s total number of executive orders to over 140 in just 100 days.
After these are signed, the President will have signed more than 140 executive orders already, rapidly approaching the total number signed by the Biden administration over the course of four years in office,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday.
Trump’s “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens” executive order takes aim at sanctuary states and cities amid the administration’s ongoing battle with state and local officials attempting to shield criminal aliens from Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE).
Federal law already prohibits officials from harboring and concealing illegal aliens from ICE. Border Czar Tom Homan and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have indicated to The Gateway Pundit that sanctuary jurisdictions are engaging in “systemic criminal violations” and that felony charges may be coming if they continue to defy federal law. However, the executive order does not appear to have any criminal consequences for lawless officials.
“The Constitution provides the Federal Government with plenary authority regarding immigration to protect the sovereignty of our Nation and to conduct relations with other nations, who must be able to deal with one national Government on such matters,” the order reads.
“The prior administration allowed unchecked millions of aliens to illegally enter the United States. The resulting public safety and national security risks are exacerbated by the presence of, and control of territory by, international cartels and other transnational criminal organizations along the southern border, as well as terrorists and other malign actors who intend to harm the United States and the American people. This invasion at the southern border requires the Federal Government to take measures to fulfill its obligation to the States.”
The order directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary and the Attorney General of the United States to “publish a list of States and local jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of Federal immigration laws (sanctuary jurisdictions). After this initial publication, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall update this list as necessary.”
Those found to violate Federal immigration law enforcement or Federal criminal law will be put on notice and, if they do not remedy violations, they risk losing federal funding. “The head of each executive department or agency (agency), in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and as permitted by law, shall identify appropriate Federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, including grants and contracts, for suspension or termination, as appropriate.”
The order further directs the DHS Secretary and Attorney General to:
- “develop guidance, rules, or other appropriate mechanisms to ensure appropriate eligibility verification is conducted for individuals receiving Federal public benefits within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. 1611(c) from private entities in a sanctuary jurisdiction, whether such verification is conducted by the private entity or by a governmental entity on its behalf.”
- “identify and take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable, including State laws that provide in-State higher education tuition to aliens but not to out-of-State American citizens that may violate 8 U.S.C. 1623 or that favor aliens in criminal charges or sentencing.”
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