Trump says he'll use local police for mass deportations if he's elected

https://lemmy.world/post/12584856

Trump says he'll use local police for mass deportations if he's elected - Lemmy.World

He would have to give local police the authority first, right now they literally CAN’T enforce federal law.

brookings.edu/…/local-police-should-not-do-a-fede…

pbs.org/…/federal-judge-blocks-texas-law-that-giv…

The too long, didn’t read… illegal immigrants aren’t breaking state or local laws, they are breaking federal laws.

Local law enforcement does not have the authority to enforce federal laws, only federal officers can do that.

Local Police Should Not Do a Federal Job

Opinion by James Lindsay, Senior Fellow, and Audrey Singer, Visiting Fellow, in The New York Times, May 8, 2002

Brookings
If a local law enforcement is required to uphold federal laws doesn’t that make them federal employees?
You would think, and subject to federal pay and benefits, but also subject to government shutdown. ;)