DOJ to Investigate State or Local Authorities Obstructing Immigration Enforcement: Note
The Justice Department wants federal prosecutors across the country to investigate state or local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement under President Trump’s new administration, according to a new memo obtained by Fox News.
“The Justice Department must and will work to eliminate these threats,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, Trump’s former defense attorney, said in the memo. “Indeed, it is the Department of Justice’s responsibility to protect the Constitution and, accordingly, to legally enforce the policies that the American people have elected President Trump to implement.”
The memo continued, “The Department of Justice’s responsibilities, proudly borne by each employee, include the vigorous enforcement of laws enacted by Congress and the vigorous defense of the President’s actions on behalf of the United States against legal challenges. The Department’s employees are also needed. They come together in the offices that taxpayers provide to do this critical work.”
Seal of the Department of Justice on November 28, 2018. (MANDEL/AFP via Getty Images)
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