Philadelphia’s threat to prosecute ICE could trigger landmark court fight over authority, experts warn

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The Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and legal scholars laid out what could happen if Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner follows through on his promise to prosecute ICE in the line of their duty, should operations in Pennsylvania reach a flashpoint.

Last week, Krasner warned he would prosecute agents who “come to Philly to commit crimes” in an apparent reference to allegations an agent acted unlawfully in shooting a Minnesota woman who appeared to intentionally hit him with her car while disrupting an operation.

Philadelphia County Sheriff Rochelle Bilal doubled down, calling ICE officers “fake, wannabe law enforcement” and warned them they “don’t want this smoke ‘cause we will bring it to you.”

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Krasner argued Presidentfederal immigration lawswithin any community in the United States, including Philadelphia, but local police officers there are equally authorized to investigate anyone who they suspect of having committed a violent crime.”

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While federal and local authorities often work in tandem in important operations to deconflict potential flash points, Hernandez said that dynamic has “clearly broken down in cities like Minneapolis” and that Krasner’s comments suggest it’s “frayed” in Philadelphia.

If trust is broken between local and federal authorities, actions like Krasner’s pledge may lead to court battles to determine supremacy.

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Pennsylvania state Sen.Doug Mastriano– a former professor of strategic studies at the U.S.Army War College in Carlisle – predicted the feds would win any litigation due to the Supremacy Clause, which reads that “the supreme law of the land and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.”

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�Constitution is not optional” and if Philadelphia officials think they can “bully” Washington, they will find out “that’s not how America works.”

Hernandez said “it is absolutely clear that no one — not even federallaw enforcement officers— can do anything they like in the course of carrying out their job duties.”

“The hard question is where the line is drawn.That is what courts are set up to do, but they can only play their part if law enforcement officials investigate what happened, then prosecutors dig in to see whether there is a legal basis for filing criminal charges.”

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Rochelle Bilal and Larry Krasner

Philadelphia County Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, center, speaks as DA Larry Krasner, left, listens.(Office of Philadelphia County Sheriff)

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“Our law enforcement is enforcing federal law—if politicians and activists don’t like the law, they should try to change it instead of demonizing our brave men and women in uniform.”

McLaughlin said Philadelphia is not alone in anti-enforcement rhetoric, and laid out the stakes of what kind of lawlessness could have continued in Pennsylvania if her agency hadn’t already begun taking criminal illegal immigrants off the streets.

She pointed to DHS’ recent capture of Yehia Badawi, an Egyptian illegal immigrant convicted of aggravated assault and robbery in Philadelphia.

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McLaughlin also shared the names of a Cuban drug trafficker, Cambodian methamphetamine dealer, and several other illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes, including rape.

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