President Trump threw weight behind GOP candidates on Tuesday in the Westchester County Enforcer's special election set, blowing up Democrats in the Big Apple suburbs, “protecting” criminal immigrants.
The president resigned deputy county executive Ken Jenkins against Republican challenger Christine Scarti on Monday afternoon, and then resigned George Latimer's remaining term. To close, he injected himself into a lesser known race. month.
“On Tuesday, February 11th, Westchester County executives in New York will have a key special election! Democrats have made Westchester County 'sanctuary county' to protect criminal illegals! ” Trump wrote about the true society.
“Republicans, conservatives and common sense voters must receive the vote and send a message to corrupt Democrats. They will not protect any more criminal aliens. Vote for Republicans!”
Heavy Blue County Councillor The law was passed in 2018 In response to Trump's hard-pressed immigrant stance during his first term at the White House.
The Immigration Protection Act directs county agencies, including the Department of Corrections, to not engage in enforcement of federal immigration laws, including accepting detainee requests, unless attached to a judicial warrant.
It limits the information that information county officials can share with federal immigration authorities, and in most cases prevents county workers from asking people's immigration status.
Jenkins was Latimer's deputy county executive when the measure was signed into law.
Scarti on Monday vowed to scrap the county's “sanctuary” status and “protect Westchester residents from wrong policymaking from criminals and taxpayers.”
“We are extremely grateful to President Trump for raising awareness of this important special election, and this is about Ken Jenkins' disastrous sanctuary law,” Scarti said in a statement.
“Now, criminally illegal aliens are protected by federal authorities in Westchester, but if people show up like the president urged them to do so, everything can be changed and Westchester can be made safer. .”
However, Jenkins' team defeated the county's “sanctuary” designation in a statement to the Post.
“Westchester County is not a sanctuary county and has never been before. The other party should know, but obviously it is not. But the laws currently in place will be implemented under Trump 1 and Biden. It's the same law that was being done,” a campaign spokesperson said.
“There's the reality here. Ken Jenkins is the proud son of an NYPD executive and has built a career providing real results for Westchester County. Trump was defeated here in November by a 2-1 margin. So if your opponent wants to surrender to the fire of an incompetent and angry Trump Mask's trash can, she's welcome to do so.”
