The Trump administration is gearing up to enhance immigration enforcement by utilizing federal felony charges, according to a Fox News contributor.
Led by White House border czar Tom Homan and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the administration is stepping up efforts to compel local jurisdictions to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This strategy is designed to circumvent sanctuary city policies that have long obstructed the detention and deportation of illegal immigrants.
For years, many sanctuary cities and states have disregarded ICE civil detainers—requests to hold suspected illegal immigrants in custody while federal authorities coordinate their transfer.
As a result, suspects are often released on bond or recognizance before ICE agents can take custody, undermining federal enforcement.
The new tactic seeks to change this by charging illegal immigrants with federal felonies, generating warrants that local officials are legally required to honor, Trending Politics reports.
Under the plan known as Operation Guardian Angel, illegal immigrants who reenter the country face felony illegal reentry charges.
This development presents sanctuary jurisdictions with federal felony warrants that compel them to turn over these individuals to ICE.
So far, hundreds of illegal immigrants have been handed over through this strategy, frustrating sanctuary city