A progressive Philadelphia prosecutor with financial ties to liberal megadonors has issued an extraordinary public threat against federal immigration enforcement personnel. According to Breitbart News, the District Attorney Larry Krasner recently delivered a stark message to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel conducting operations in Pennsylvania's largest city.
During a public briefing, Krasner delivered an unambiguous warning to federal immigration authorities considering enforcement actions within Philadelphia's jurisdiction.
"If any law enforcement agent, any ICE agent, is going to come to Philly to commit crimes, they need to get the eff out of here," Krasner said during a press conference. "Because if you do that here, I will charge you with those crimes, you will be arrested, you will stand trial, you will be convicted, whether it's in state or federal court."
He continued:
"And you will do your time because Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction. Do you hear me, ICE agents? Do you hear me, National Guard? Do you hear me, military? You're going to jail if you commit crimes in the city of Philadelphia. You will be accountable. The law applies to all of you. And I know that there are honest, decent, moral law enforcement out there by the bushel, including at ICE. This is not for you. This is for any one of your colleagues who thinks they are above the law."
The prosecutor's remarks follow a deadly encounter in Minneapolis where an ICE agent fatally shot a woman during an enforcement operation. Video evidence showed the woman attempting to obstruct federal officers before directing her vehicle toward an agent and accelerating.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated the federal agent perceived a mortal threat as the driver maneuvered her SUV in his direction and revved the motor while he stood directly ahead of the vehicle.
The same agent involved in the Minneapolis incident had previously been dragged 50 yards by someone in the country illegally, resulting in hospitalization for severe injuries the previous year, according to Department of Homeland Security officials.
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal delivered comparable threats toward immigration enforcement personnel, characterizing them as illegitimate officers.
"Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit [a] crime, thank God for our District Attorney Larry Krasner, who said he's going to lock them up, and I'm saying now, we're not going to whisk you away to hide your identity," Bilal said.
"You don't want this smoke, because we will bring it ... to you," she continued.
America's immigration system cannot function when local prosecutors weaponize their offices to protect foreign nationals from lawful deportation while threatening the federal agents sworn to enforce congressional statutes and defend our borders. Appropriate forms of punishment will need to be meted out for order to be restored.
