New York Attorney General Candidate Vows To 'Prosecute' ICE
by Sandy MaloneA New York candidate for attorney general promised to prosecute those who have enforced U.S. immigration laws.
Albany, NY – A candidate for Attorney General for the state of New York said she wanted to abolish and prosecute U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout is running as a Democrat in the Sept. 13 primary to replace disgraced former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned in May after he was accused of sexual abuse by multiple women, FOX News reported.
Teachout filmed a campaign video featured on Now This News where she went on a rant about her desire to do away with the immigration agency and punish those who have enforced U.S. immigration laws.
“ICE has to be abolished. And I say that as somebody who is running for one of the top law enforcement jobs in the country… I think it’s critical that law enforcement speak out and say this is a tool of cruelty, unconstitutional behavior, illegality,” she said in the video.
Then the candidate went on to explain that she doesn’t subscribe to the legality of citizenship.
“There’s so much wrong with ICE that goes to its very structure. The idea that people are illegal. The idea that we should see immigrants as a national security threat. And that ICE should be placed under the Department of Homeland Security, by the way the area where the President has the greatest authority to do the most damage, just does not make any sense,” Teachout ranted in the video.
Without offering any alternative solutions to protecting U.S. borders, the candidate went on the offensive and said she wanted prosecute ICE agents, calling enforcing the law "criminal."
“ICE was born in xenophobia in the time after 9/11, and has grown up to become a tool of fear and illegality. And as Attorney General, I will continue to speak out against ICE. I will prosecute ICE for their criminal acts. We have stories of consistent abuse within ICE. The idea that we could call this law enforcement is a real offense to the idea of law itself. And as a candidate for AG, I think it’s really important to speak out to abolish ICE,” Teachout finished her video.
Acting ICE Director Ronald Vitiello fought back against the candidate’s assertions that those enforcing U.S. immigration laws were committing “criminal acts” on FOX & Friends on Thursday morning.
“ICE enforces the law that Congress gives us and the President signs. That’s how our system works. If people don’t like how our system works, then there’s a specific way to change it,” Vitiello said.
Teachout, who lost to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 gubernatorial primary, was only the latest liberal Democrat to jump on the #AbolishICE bandwagon in New York.
Likely Democratic presidential primary candidate U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D – New York) has said she would like to dismantle ICE.
LGBTQ activist and “Sex in the City” actress Cynthia Nixon, who is running against Cuomo in the September primary, called ICE a “terrorist organization,” FOX News reported.
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have both called ICE “broken,” according to FOX News.
32 Responses
Doc45
Aug 6, 2018 Gotta tell you this is the most ignorant thing I have heard out of the mouth of a dumbass liberal yet! I hope you try it stupid. It would be really funny to see you led off in handcuffs.
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Aug 5, 2018 Associate Professor of Law Zephyr Teachout should know better. The word “immigration” does not appear in the U.S. Constitution or any of its Amendments. Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 does read, “… To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, …”. The 14th Amendment, Section 1 addresses the protection of “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,…” which extended citizenship through the States to the former slaves. The rules of immigration were reserved to the States through the 10th Amendment until the first Federal law was enacted in 1875. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the following year that immigration regulation was an exclusive Federal responsibility. With professors like her , it's no wonder that we have such a screwed up legal system
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Aug 5, 2018 Zephyr Isn't that a Ford?
sbme
Aug 4, 2018 “There’s so much wrong with ICE that goes to its very structure. The idea that people are illegal. The idea that we should see immigrants as a national security threat. And that ICE should be placed under the Department of Homeland Security, by the way the area where the President has the greatest authority to do the most damage, just does not make any sense,” Teachout (the author) ranted in the video. What gets me is her statement: "The idea that people are illegal." Well, there are some people who follow the law and gain entry to this country legally. Then there are those who do not. Whether one prefers the term illegal or undocumented, the facts remains the same. Immigrants should not threaten our security as they are supposed to be vetted and loyal to uphold the US and it's laws. People who "sneak in" under the radar.... pose a gamble to our security. I'm not a lawyer, as Ms. Teachout is, but I do have common sense.
Combokid
Aug 4, 2018 THIS woman, an attorney? Is threatening to charge officers for simply doing the job Congress has given them? Ana she passed the Bar exams? HOW???? Somebody needs to tell these wingnuts that if you get rid of enforcement and abolish BORDERS THEN you are basically no longer a Country! Why do Democrats have so much trouble with this concept?
SGT_moore_USA
Aug 4, 2018 She is sitting on the pile of shit she is spewing out of her mouth! ICE is enforcing laws that were written into law by a democrat (Bill Clinton). Now our President is actually enforcing those laws and is getting so much backlash because our former President made ICE sit on their hands! Mexican law says anyone entering Mexico illegally is punishable by death. I say U.S. should adopt the same law!
Wiser$22
Aug 4, 2018 Vote for Zephyr Teachout!
magnumforc
Aug 3, 2018 Zephyr?? Must be the kid of someone in California who used too much LSD.
GHarvey
Aug 3, 2018 These people are fukin crazy...How did they get so stupid?
LordSeamus
Aug 3, 2018 Hmmmm...... interfering with a federal officer in the performance of their sworn duty. Isn't that an arrestable offense ?