Liberal Mayors Whine About Senate Bill Authorizing Money For Operations In “Non-Cooperating” Cities

Here’s an idea: turn over the criminals caught by your law enforcement officers who are illegal aliens to ICE, rather than trying to protect them, and then you won’t have to deal with big operations which scoop up the “non-criminal” illegals (who are in the US illegally and may have stolen the identities of Americans)

Nation’s Mayors Urge U.S. Senators to Remove Dangerous New Immigration Enforcement Provision from Reconciliation Bill

Today, the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) released a letter to U.S. senators urging them to remove a newly added immigration enforcement provision from the reconciliation bill currently under consideration in the Senate. The provision would provide $350 million to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for enforcement actions in jurisdictions deemed “non-cooperating” and expand detention and deportation authorities affecting a broad range of immigrants.

In the letter, USCM CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran warns that the provision could undermine public safety by damaging trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement, making residents less likely to report crimes, cooperate with investigations or seek assistance when needed. Cochran also raises concerns that the measure could trigger disruptive enforcement actions in cities across the country and place additional strain on local communities.

“Public safety is the top priority for mayors,” Cochran writes. “This provision will weaken public safety and weaken our cities, our states and our nation. We urge you to remove it from the reconciliation bill as quickly as it was inserted.”

It would somehow be less safe for ICE to come in and scoop up murderers, rapists, child predators, drug dealers, gang members, arsonists, etc? GTFO. The letter states

Immigrants targeted could include any person ever charged with unauthorized entry or reentry (regardless of whether the charges were dismissed or their current status) and any person under an ICE detainer after an arrest for any offense other than a minor traffic charge. The provision would prohibit ICE from using any of the funds to release any of these immigrants, except as required by law, thus subjecting them to prolonged detention.

Oh, so people who broke US federal law, for which the punishment is potential detainment, a small fine, and deportation? They can avoid that by self-deporting. The government will even pay for them to leave.

Now look at the letter from the link. Pretty much every single one of those mayors on the list are Democrats. There are a scant handful of Republicans, like Daniel Rickenmann of Columbia, SC and possibly D.C. Reeves of Pensacola, Florida. I wonder if they knew this letter was coming out and support it? Any there are quite a few more mayors in this nation.

Meanwhile

Gov. Polis vetoes bill to allow civil suits against immigration authorities

Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a measure Wednesday that would have allowed Coloradans to sue federal immigration officials who violate their constitutional rights, one of the first bills Democrats introduced in the 2026 legislative session.

Senate Bill 26-5 would have created a state-level cause of action against federal officials for alleged constitutional violations during immigration raids, arrests, traffic stops and warrantless entries. It came in response to increased operations by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation scheme against immigrants who lack permanent legal status.

The narrow focus on civil immigration enforcement presents legal risks, Polis said in his veto letter, because if a court struck down the bill, it “could weaken current protections for vulnerable community members.”

He probably realizes it’s a waste of time, it would have no force of law under the US Constitution, and could see Colorado targeted.