Connecticut's Democratic leaders seem to be talking out of both sides of their mouths about illegal aliens living in the state.
In his first week in office, President Donald Trump quickly cracked down on illegal immigration in the United States. he effectively closed southern bordercanceled refugee flights bound for the United States and began deporting illegal aliens to their countries of origin. He also had his birthright citizenship terminated, but the issue is tied up in federal court.
Trump's swift action to stymie illegal immigration and one of his major campaign promises has Democrats across the country, including in Connecticut, nervously wondering who will fill the labor-intensive jobs. I think so. “Restaurant kitchens are not staffed, crops are not picked, and offices (and homes) are not cleaned,” they wrote. jim cameronCT Mirror columnist.
“If elected officials defend and advise others to avoid or violate our laws, their actions … likely open them to charges of criminal conspiracy. ”
Cameron doesn't have nutmeggers left and right worried about the future of the estimated 100,000 illegal aliens residing in the state. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont and Democratic Attorney General William Tong have done their best to express support for illegal immigrants, but have acknowledged that their ability to protect them from detention and deportation is limited. Ta.
“You're welcome here,” Governor Lamont said, addressing the illegal immigrants directly.
When pressed about how illegal aliens should respond to stricter enforcement of federal immigration laws under Trump, Lamont suggested they would continue as usual. “My advice is to send your child to school. My advice is to go to church,” he replied. CT Insider.
“We do not collect immigration status for children in church or school. Our officers are busy keeping our streets safe and do not seek immigration status for anyone caught jaywalking or speeding. Not.
In his remarks, Tong generally paid vague respect to “immigrants” — without specifying whether those immigrants were in the country legally or illegally, and the sanctity of “the law.” “Connecticut’s policy is to honor, honor and protect immigrants and immigrant families in full compliance with the law,” Tong said. “We are going to do what we can for immigrants and immigrant families because they are important to us.”
In a memo released last week, Tong's office also pointed to the Connecticut Trust Act. This severely limits the extent to which local and state law enforcement agencies can cooperate with ICE and other federal agencies on immigration.
In 2019, when the law was updated during the first Trump administration, connecticut democratic party Local officials bragged about not complying with immigration detainees unless judicial warrants were also involved.
“Ice detention and deportation are destroying families. For the past two years, federal officials have pursued immigration enforcement across the border, promoting fear in immigrant communities and It undermined the trust of the community.”
Attorney General Tong noted that the trust law is now in effect in Trump's second term, but his office's memo reiterated that federal officials still have the authority to enforce federal law in states. .
“Immigration enforcement is a prerogative of the federal government,” the memo said, according to CT Insider. “Connecticut is a sovereign state, but Connecticut does not and does not restrict the activities of federal immigration officials.”
Nutmeg State Republicans and other right-wing leaders are frustrated that Democrats are still playing games on federal immigration law.
“You either support the laws of this country or you don’t,” Republican state Rep. Craig Fishbein said in a statement to Blaze News. “If elected officials don't like the laws, they have to act to change them. But they have to follow the consequences nonetheless. That's our system. State and federal. Of their oath to uphold the Constitution, they probably agree with charges of criminal conspiracy.
Frank Rich, a retired fire chief in the sanctuary city of New Haven, argued that the Democratic Party's political maneuvering was a “betrayal of public trust” in the safety of the community.
“They are trying to create a narrative hoping for bad optics while using the public in a messaging war against the Trump administration. It only serves to make it less safe for people,” Rich told Blaze News in a statement.
“President Trump is keeping his word. We'll keep our kids and our streets safe. It's time for local officials to stop playing politics and start putting their communities first.”
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