Leah Barkoukis
Posted: Mar 09, 2018 7:30 AM
President Trump blasted Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf as a “disgrace” on Thursday for warning residents about upcoming immigration raids.
“What the mayor of Oakland did the other day was a disgrace. Where they had close to a thousand people, ready to be gotten, ready to be taken off the streets. … The mayor of Oakland went out, and she went out and warned them all: scatter,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting.
“So instead of taking in a thousand, they took in a fraction of that, about 150,” Trump continued.
“It’s certainly something we’re looking at with respect to her, individually,” he added.
Schaaf had publicly warned residents of the San Francisco Bay Area that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be conducting an operation in the area “starting as soon as within the next 24 hours.”
Acting ICE director Thomas Homan said he believed her warning helped some of their targets evade capture.
While the agency made more than 150 arrests, he said 864 “criminal aliens and public safety threats remain at large in the community, and I have to believe that some of them were able to elude us thanks to the mayor’s irresponsible decision.”
The Department of Justice is reviewing whether Schaff broke any laws, including obstruction of justice, in her decision to warn residents. In the meantime, however, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this week that it filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its sanctuary city policies.
Schaaf fired back at Sessions's decision: “How dare you vilify members of our community by trying to frighten the American public into thinking all undocumented residents are dangerous criminals?”
“How dare you distort the reality about declining violent crime in a diverse sanctuary city like Oakland, California, to advance your racist agenda,” she added.
“It was not my intention to get caught up in a national debate, but I do believe that I am speaking for the residents of my city,” Schaaf continued. “The agenda of this administration is petty political vindictiveness."
Thank You Ms Barkoukis, Townhall, and President Trump.
Schaaf continued. “The agenda of this administration is petty political vindictiveness."
Ed; Really?
US Title 8 Section 1324: Bringing In and Harboring Certain Aliens
(a) Criminal penalties
(1)
(A) Any person who—
(i)
knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States
in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated
port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner,
regardless of whether such alien has received prior official
authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;
(ii)
knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;
(iii)
knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States
in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or
attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any
place, including any building or any means of transportation;
(iv)
encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—
(i)
in the case of a
violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation
of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done
for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be
fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;
(ii)
in the case of a
violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined
under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
(iii)
in the case of a
violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and
in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined
in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(C)
It is not a violation of clauses [1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States,
or the agents or officers of such denomination or organization, to
encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or organization in the United States as
a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the
provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic
living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member
of the denomination for at least one year.
(2) Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States
in any manner whatsoever, such alien, regardless of any official action
which may later be taken with respect to such alien shall, for each
alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs—
(B) in the case of—
(i)
an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the alien unlawfully brought into the United States will commit an offense against the United States or any State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,
(iii)
an offense in which the alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate immigration officer at a designated port of entry,
be
fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or
second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in
the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or
(B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other
violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.
(3)
(A)
Any person who, during
any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10
individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(B) An alien described in this subparagraph is an alien who—
(i)
is an unauthorized alien (as defined in section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and
(ii)
has been brought into the United States in violation of this subsection.
(4) In the case of a person who has brought aliens into the United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if—
(A)
the offense was part of an ongoing commercial organization or enterprise;
(B)
aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and
(C)
(i)
aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or
(ii)
the aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the United States.
(b) Seizure and forfeiture
(1) In general
Any conveyance, including any vessel,
vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission
of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation,
and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be
seized and subject to forfeiture.
(2) Applicable procedures
Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating
to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except
that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under
the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such
officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that
purpose by the Attorney General.
(3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of violationsIn determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law:
(A)
Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.
(B)
Official records of the Service
or of the Department of State showing that the alien had not received
prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to, entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.
(C)
Testimony, by an immigration officer
having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that alien’s status,
that the alien had not received prior official authorization to come to,
enter, or reside in the United States or that such alien had come to,
entered, or remained in the United States in violation of law.
(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to
make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except
officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.
(d) Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal
Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved)
deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been
deported or otherwise expelled from the United States,
or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an
action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross
examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal
Rules of Evidence.
(e) Outreach program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement
an outreach program to educate the public in the United States and
abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring aliens in
violation of this section.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 274, 66 Stat. 228; Pub. L. 95–582, § 2, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 97–116, § 12, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 99–603, title I, § 112, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2610; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60024, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1981; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, §§ 203(a)–(d), 219, title VI, § 671(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–565, 3009–566, 3009–574, 3009–720; Pub. L. 106–185, § 18(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5401, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 796, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2165.)
[1] So in original. Probably should be “clause”.
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