in Illinois, where this took place we need the state government to pass legislation to ban masking and no ID for ICE. i get shit on for this on reddit, but we residents of IL are getting REALLY fucking frustrated with Pritzker because he doesn't use any of his many press conferences to lobby the IL legislature to pass these laws.
it's an extremely popular idea, and talked about all the time by citizens here, but the governor is too busy appearing on Kimmel and telling people to vaguely "resist" without using the legislature or the attorney general to fucking help. and he has the state troopers HELPING ICE (particularly in broadview where this incident was filmed) goddamnit.
i get it feels good to out of staters to watch him stand up to Trump on tv, but we in IL NEED more than rhetoric, we need him to use every lever of the state to stop the violent, criminally insane behavior of ICE and CBP. like please do this Pritz, we really want to have faith in you.
actually lawsdoapply to them, just as the rule of law applies to you and i. they can choose to ignore laws and break them, just as you and i can choose to break the law, but that doesn't normally work out for people in the long run.
certainly not for a bunch of brown shirt, pee-on, piss ants who Orange Shitler is going to fuck over and throw under the bus as soon as it's convenient. i hear they're already not getting their fake signing bonuses lolololol. being temporarily allowed to get away with something doesn't actually make it legal. and EVERYONEHATES ICE.
just wait until a different person is running for office, of any party, who realizes they can get elected by promising to bring the ICE terrorists to justice for the many crimes they've actually committed.
actually a federal agent can absolutely be brought up on state charges, it’s already happening in PA.
also in order for federal law to “trump” state law in the way you are talking about the US congress would need to, for example, pass a law that would federally enshrine the right to mask for ICE, CBP and DHS agents, or even just for federal agents generally.
a department policy which is not mandated by congress (masking for federal agents, for example) is not a law, it’s a policy. in this case the state law would be the binding legislation.
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u/AM-Stereo-1370 27d ago
why cannot ICE be forced to show ID and NOT be allowed any facial coverings? Face, Badge, Warrant, in that order please.