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Trump Administration Suits Four Democratic-Run States Over Denied Undercover ICE License Plates

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The DOJ and the Trump administration are suing Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington for refusing to provide undercover license plates to ICE agents, arguing that the bans hinder federal immigration enforcement. They claim the states’ restrictions are unconstitutional and undermine the operational effectiveness and safety of federal agents.

  1. US
    Todd Blanche
    US Attorney's Office
    1. Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe and must be able to carry out their duties effectively.
    2. These actions undermine federal immigration enforcement, allow dangerous criminals to escape justice, and terrorize American communities.
    3. By denying undercover license plates to DHS [Department of Homeland Security] components, including ICE, while issuing them to their own state agencies, these governors are pursuing discriminatory and obstructionist policies against federal law enforcement.
  2. US
    Aaron Frey
    US Attorney's Office
    1. Rather, the program reflects a legitimate and constitutional policy choice by the SOS not to allow its resources to be commandeered by the federal government for use in civil immigration enforcement activities that have, in Maine and elsewhere, resulted in multiple incidents of abusive and unconstitutional conduct by DHS officials.
  3. US
    Maura Healey
    Democratic Party
    1. So we're not going to help them operate in secret as they take people off our streets without cause. We're not going to allow them to make our streets and our communities and our neighbourhoods and our state less safe.
    2. We support law enforcement doing legitimate law enforcement work. That's not what we're seeing from ICE.
    3. They want us to give ICE confidential licence plates so they can operate in secret in Massachusetts — in secret, even from our law enforcement.
    4. Last night, Donald Trump and the US Department of Justice filed a complaint suing our Registry of Motor Vehicles.
  4. US
    Shenna Bellows
    Democratic Party
    1. There are no secret police in a democracy and we will always stand up for our Mainers safety and freedom.
    2. What ICE did in Maine and continues to do was terrorize our friends and neighbors.
  5. US
    Amy Joyce
    Department of Motor Vehicles
    1. The pause is necessary to ensure issuance of vehicle registrations and license plates to federal agencies fully complies with Oregon law.
    2. The DMV [Department of Motor Vehicles] pause is not intended to place federal law enforcement officers at risk or undermine ongoing criminal investigations.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.Los Angeles Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.2024 US Presidential Election
  4. 4.Organized crime
  5. 5.Protests
  6. 6.Immigration
  7. 7.US-India relations
  8. 8.Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum
  9. 9.India under Modi
  10. 10.United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
  11. 11.Kidnapping

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Democratic Party
  2. 2.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  3. 3.Department of Motor Vehicles
  4. 4.Republican Party
  5. 5.US Department of Justice
  6. 6.US Homeland Security Department
  7. 7.White House
  8. 8.Apple
  9. 9.Google
  10. 10.Mainers

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Aaron FreyUS
  3. 3.Maura HealeyUS
  4. 4.Todd BlancheUS
  5. 5.Amy JoyceUS
  6. 6.Andrea Joy CampbellUS
  7. 7.Brett ShumateUS
  8. 8.James David VanceUS
  9. 9.Renee Nicole Good
  10. 10.Shenna BellowsUS
  11. 11.Tina KotekUS

technicals

  1. 1.Capitol Hill
  2. 2.US Constitution