Attorney General Jeff Sessions starts fighting against Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and compares California sanctuary laws to Slave-state nullification

Democratic Governor Jerry Brown of California: "This is basically going to war against the state of California."

AG Jeff Sessions took specific aim at Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, saying she actively aided
illegal immigrants in escaping arrest last month

VietPress USA (Mar. 7, 2018): The legal war on sanctuary between Republic Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown blasted today.

Reuters reported that "California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump's administration of declaring war on the most populous U.S. state, after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.

The Democratic governor made the charge shortly after Attorney General Jeff Sessions intensified the Republican administration's confrontation with California. In a speech in the state capital, Sessions accused California of obstructing federal immigration enforcement efforts and vowed to stop the state's defiance.

Sessions addressed a law enforcement group in Sacramento, a day after the Justice Department filed suit against California, Brown and the state's Democratic attorney general over so-called sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants.

"California absolutely, it appears to me, is using every power it has - powers it doesn't have - to frustrate federal law enforcement. So you can be sure I'm going to use every power I have to stop them," Sessions, the top U.S law enforcement officer, said in his speech.

Brown called the attorney general's trip to California a political stunt and his description of California's laws a lie.

"Like so many in the Trump administration, this attorney general has no regard for the truth," Brown told reporters, adding that the laws were crafted with input and support from California police chiefs. "This is basically going to war against the state of California."

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FILE - In this April 14, 2017, file photo, protesters hold up signs outside a courthouse where a federal judge was to hear arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities in San Francisco. California state lawmakers passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed nearly 900 new laws in 2017, most of which take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Among them is one making California a sanctuary state in response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Sessions compares California sanctuary laws to slave-state nullification

Blasts Oakland mayor for thwarting immigration sweep: ‘How dare you’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions compared California’s new sanctuary city laws to attempts by slave-holding southern states to nullify federal laws, and blasted California officials Wednesday for attempting to force a “radical open borders agenda” on the rest of the country.

Speaking to California police and sheriffs, Mr. Sessions defended his decision to file a lawsuit against California this week seeking to block three state laws he says are thwarting federal agents’ ability to stop illegal immigration.

And he took specific aim at Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, saying she actively aided illegal immigrants in escaping arrest last month by warning them of an impending sweep by federal deportation officers.

SEE ALSO: Justice Department suing California over sanctuary laws

“Here’s my message to Mayor Schaaf: How dare you,” the attorney general said. “How dare you needlessly endanger the lives of law enforcement to promote a radical open borders agenda.”

Ms. Schaaf has defended her actions, saying she was trying to give illegal immigrants the tools to defend their rights, and saying she wanted to keep families together.

She won praise from state officials, who said California is proud to be a sanctuary.

The state government approved three laws last year that severely limit cooperation police can provide to federal immigration authorities, and also prohibit private businesses from cooperating as well.

Mr. Sessions said those laws interfere with the federal government, which under the Constitution and laws passed by Congress has supreme power over immigration.

“There is no nullification. There is no secession,” he said. “Federal law is ‘the supreme law of the land.’ I would invite any doubters to go to Gettysburg, to the tombstones of John C. Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln. This matter has been settled.”

Mr. Sessions called the laws “an embarrassment” to the state.

He wondered what would happen if a state passed a law to thwart the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to target polluters.

California officials have defended their policies, saying federal agents are allowed to conduct enforcement — but state and local police shouldn’t be forced to assist.

They argue that immigrants, including those in the country legally, are less willing to cooperate on reporting other crimes if they fear immigration agents could become involved.

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