re: Sheriff personally deports 4 illegals

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What/how should these law-breakers be dealt with, considering the feckless policies of the US government? This sheriff is charged with serving his county, not criminals who invade his county.

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He has no authority to enforce US immigration law, those are strictly federal. So by doing what he did he is actually committing a more major crime than illegal entry. No room for nuance here though.

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I was genuinely curious about your opinion. Most Texas sheriffs are up to *here* with being charged with dealing with US immigration law, when the federal government is doing next to nothing to support them--logistically and/or financially.

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I think that DHS should enforce the laws as written. This administrations policy of no detentions and enforcement is counter productive, however, last administrations detention push wasn’t productive either.

Ultimately though immigration status is not the concern of local law enforcement, as much as they may want it to be.

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I think that DHS should enforce the laws as written. This administrations policy of no detentions and enforcement is counter productive, however, last administrations detention push wasn’t productive either.

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I don't disagree.

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Ultimately though immigration status is not the concern of local law enforcement

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So they should ignore law-breakers within their jurisdictions?

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as much as they may want it to be.

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On the contrary, most sheriffs want nothing to do with immigration and wish it wasn't a blip on their radars.

So ... what ought the sheriff do in the hours/days until ICE responds? Detain a suspect and be accused of nefarious actions?

If a truck-load of obvious illegal immigrants is driving through a county, the sheriff should take zero action, apart from contacting ICE?

My bet is you and I are likely on the same page, in terms of what is typically right and/or wrong in life; but on this issue, I'll agree to disagree with you.

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So ... what ought the sheriff do in the hours/days until ICE responds? Detain a suspect and be accused of nefarious actions?

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They should treat them the exact same as every other criminal they encounter. Arrest them, charge them, arraign them, then prosecute them for the state laws they broke.

I don’t disagree with your take that it’s frustrating for local law enforcement but ICE struggles with properly interpreting immigration law, there’s 0% chance small town PD won’t screw it up. It would be an absolute cluster, and realistically would lead to some serious profiling issues.

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My bet is you and I are likely on the same page, in terms of what is typically right and/or wrong in life; but on this issue, I'll agree to disagree with you.

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I know my immigration stance is vastly different than the majority of this board, it’s part of the reason I stopped posting as much since there’s little room for dissent even when I’m 98% in agreement. I do appreciate your willingness to have civil discourse.

Well I'm someone who embraces the opportunity to engage with those whose views differ from mine. Thanks for sharing yours.

I think we'd both agree: The US immigration system is tragically broken; neither political party has the right to point a finger at the other.

Is that a truck he’s leaning on? Can’t see for his balls.