Can't put it any plainer then this.

WASHINGTON (CBS) – A Massachusetts law enforcement official testifying before Congress on Tuesday called for leaders of sanctuary cities to be arrested.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told the House Subcommittee on Illegal Immigration that sanctuary cities “have become magnets for illegal aliens, some of which have violent criminal records.”

“If these sanctuary cities are going to harbor and conceal criminal illegal aliens from ICE, which is in direct violation of Title 8 of the U.S. Code, federal arrest warrants should be issued for their elected officials,” Hodgson said. “Our citizens would be safer if we never stopped enforcing immigration law and if we never formed or turned a blind eye toward sanctuary cities.”

He also took aim at a Massachusetts legislator who passed along rumors of a planned ICE raid in Brockton on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rep. Michelle DuBois, D-Brockton, warned her constituents in a Facebook post “if you are undocumented don’t go out on the street. If there is a knock on the door of your house and you don’t know who it is, don’t open the door.”

Hodgson called her actions “outrageous.”

“This is the most outrageous, outrageous example of what is going on across the United States that is undermining my job and every other law enforcement officer in the United States,” he said.

The outspoken sheriff said there is no bigger threat to public safety than illegal immigration. He said his correctional officers have become de facto ICE agents and are able to perform all immigration-related actions.

Hodgson drew criticism from civil rights groups earlier this year when he joined an ICE screening group to identify inmates who may have entered the country illegally. He also made an offer to President Donald Trump to have inmates help build the proposed Mexican border wall.

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said sanctuary cities like Boston must end, and that those cities risk losing federal money. Democrats across the Commonwealth have pushed back and said they stand with sanctuary cities.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/201...illegal-immigration/

go after the Brockton politician and make an example out of her

she needs to be seriously adjusted for attitude

Elected state & city leaders deciding which laws they will follow. Harboring criminals.
Wow.
How is a complete breakdown of society not far behind?

I know they have been doing this for a long time, but openly defying President Trump takes this to a new level.

I've done work with BCS. Nobody will ever confuse those guys with northeast bleeding heart liberals.

I was born and grew up in Brockton. What a damn shame the place has become s shithole. Used to be the shoe capital of the world.

I did a lot of work in Brockton and Fall River years ago - a hell of a drive from NH but it was OK once I got there. Was working for Ashworth Brothers at one point on a hazardous waste clean up project.

I'm curious about the authority of county sheriffs.

A brief perusal of Google tells me that sheriffs outrank the feds. So, if state/local laws say that local LE are not required to assist ICE, and the sheriff is obligated to enforce this, can he/she not tell the feds to go pound sand?

(To be clear, I am not defending sanctuary cities, just seeking some clarity on the other issue)

Quite a bit of my County is not nearly as bleeding heart as we are purported. I've also had contact with the fine people of Sherriff Hodgson at matches and such. I am happy to have been able to vote for him through several elections. We may not agree on everything, but he does a fine job, IMHO.

I'm fine with charging Hickenpooper and Hancooky, lock em up!

James in Denver

It's Massachusetts the state legislature will cut the funding for the Sheriff and give the aiding and abetting politician a profile in courage award.

Boston, Cambridge,Somerville,and Salem four of the biggest cities now all harbor criminal aliens.

Guess what party runs the cities?

Guess what party runs the state?

It's not the "R"

Our former Attorney General once said technically it's not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts.

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My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy – the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we’d make meat helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard, really.

I fail to see the relevance of any of this to the topic at hand.

Then you're missing his point -- when he's narcoleptic, he thinks like a Democrat.

If you are an illegal, go seek shelter at some POS Michelle DuBois' residence. This demoRAT scum needs to publish the address to her safe haven.