Paul Hunker Op-Ed: legal responsibilities vis-à-vis immigration enforcement and noncitizens

After Boston’s mayor announced her refusal to cooperate with ICE’s deportation efforts, Tom Homan, the soon-to-be border czar under President Trump, criticized her decision as “not very smart” and suggested she should “get the hell out of the way.” Homan warned her about 8 U.S.C. § 1324, a provision of federal law that prohibits alien smuggling, harboring, and shielding from detection. Given the enhanced immigration enforcement of the Trump Administration, municipalities and other organizations are rightly concerned about their legal responsibilities vis-à-vis immigration enforcement and noncitizens. Municipalities are often as identified as “sanctuary cities” when they will not comply with ... Read more