De Blasio: NYC Will Resist Any Deportation Plans.....

[Cletus]

The first time DeBlasio interferes with an attempt to arrest or deport an illegal alien, arrest him, seize all his assets and throw his family out into the street.

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The first time DeBlasio interferes with an attempt to arrest or deport an illegal alien, arrest him, seize all his assets and throw his family out into the street.

Not going to happen, but I do admire your firm commitment to decentralizing political power.

[Cletus]

Not going to happen, but I do admire your firm commitment to decentralizing political power.

It is not about centralizing or decentralizing power. It is about obeying the laws passed by Congress. Anyone who harbors or otherwise aids a criminal alien should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

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It is not about centralizing or decentralizing power. It is about obeying the laws passed by Congress. Anyone who harbors or otherwise aids a criminal alien should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Yes, it is about the federal government enforcing laws that smaller political entities don't want. Something you decry regularly until it suits you.

[Cletus]

Yes, it is about the federal government enforcing laws that smaller political entities don't want. Something you decry regularly until it suits you.

I know you don't get the whole constitutional republic thing, but mob rule doesn't work here.

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I know you don't get the whole constitutional republic thing, but mob rule doesn't work here.

Deflection.

[Peter1469]

Good for him. The resistance to Trump is just starting to gear up, and people have not forgotten how Obama was treated. Enjoy yourselves.

Do you agree that New York should pay for its 1 million immigrants without asking tax payers from other states to help?

[Cletus]

Deflection.

Don't use words you don't understand.

[Newpublius]

Yes, it is about the federal government enforcing laws that smaller political entities don't want. Something you decry regularly until it suits you.

But the federal government does exist and it does have powers. Conservatives believe in a 'limited government of enumerated powers'

Without getting into a full fledged debate here, your pointed criticism here fails because in this particular instance, this power IS EXPRESSLY delegated.

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But the federal government does exist and it does have powers. Conservatives believe in a 'limited government of enumerated powers'

Without getting into a full fledged debate here, your pointed criticism here fails because in this particular instance, this power IS EXPRESSLY delegated.

Yes, the federal government has the power to enforce immigration law.

I wasn't aware that they had the power to make the Mayor of New York help them. What do you think he is going to do, send NYPD to arrest the federal officers?