re: Bovino has just ARRIVED in Newark NJ amid the violent anti-ICE riots

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Wouldn't the actions of New Jersey's governor be a civil rights violation? This would apply to any sitting governor that removes the protections that the men and women of the federal government, i.e., ICE, are entitled to as U.S. citizens.

Using state power to intentionally violate a citizen's federally protected constitutional rights, such as voting rights or due process, while there's no constitutional guarantee that government must protect you, neither can the State create purposeful danger by denying services that allow the danger to exist: Liability may be possible if state actors (the governor) affirmatively created or increased the danger that led to the harm.

So, if an ICE agent is harmed during these riots where the governor refuses assistance, could not the governor be arrested and brought up on civil rights violations?

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When it comes to immigration enforcement (detentions and removal operations), the President (any President), under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8), stipulates that states cannot legally block, obstruct, or significantly interfere with it.

This isn't even up for debate.

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