The U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi (R) has sent a Letter to Gov. Dan McKee (D), warning Him that Rhode Island has become a Target as Trump’s (R) Administration cracks down on Immigration.
“You are hereby notified that your jurisdiction has been identified as one that engages in sanctuary policies and practices that thwart federal immigration enforcement to the detriment of the interests of the United States,” says the Letter, which is dated Aug. 13th and Signed by U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
The Letter comes as Arrests by ICE have Surged in Rhode Island. As of June 10th, 250 People had been Arrested since Trump took Office, a 182% Increase in Immigration Arrests.
The Letter states that the Administration identified Sanctuary Jurisdictions after a Review of “laws, policies, and practices,” a likely Reference to a List published earlier this month by the Department of Justice (DOJ) that included Rhode Island.
It warns that Failure to Co-Operate could Result in Penalties, such as adding “immigration-related terms and conditions” to the Issuance of Grants, Contracts, and Federal Funds, as well as potential Prosecution of “violations under federal laws.”
The Letter requests a Response from McKee’s Office by Aug. 19th that Confirms its “commitment to complying with federal law” and to Identify Steps to Eliminate “laws, policies, and practices that impeded federal immigration enforcement. This ends now,” warns the Letter.
McKee said in a Statement: “This generic, non-specific form letter lacks any meaningful detail and does not merit a response.”
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha (D), who was Copied in the Letter, called it “The tactic of a bully. The only way to deal with a bully is to let them know that they're not going to intimidate you. Rhode Island cooperates with all federal law enforcement agencies routinely, as required by federal law. Federal law does not require the state to divert important law enforcement resources to do the federal government’s civil immigration law bidding. If the Trum padministration takes issue with this, then the doors of federal court are open to them. Until that point, my focus is elsewhere."
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