Finally, something blue haired Karen’s and conservatives can agree on: we need to decrease government power. The recently created federal department called ICE (it’s about 20 years old) is somewhat unique among US law enforcement agencies.
How so? ICE is largely tasked with non-criminal “administrative” law violations. For these types of violations, because they are not criminal, you don’t get all those rights that come with due process…
Congress passed the Posse Commitatus act in 1878, prohibiting the army from being used to enforce domestic law. It also forbids the executive branch to commandeer local law enforcement to enforce federal law.
This act was expanded in 1950 to include the Air Force. And rather quietly again in early 2021 to include the navy, marines, and space force.
While I’m no fan of illegal immigration of bad people, I’m happy to see newly expanded government powers scaled back.
drgo / Dr. Bitcoin, MD
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