{"id":279324,"date":"2017-01-26T21:18:10","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=279324"},"modified":"2017-01-26T21:18:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T04:18:10","slug":"trumps-immigration-orders-likely-to-face-legal-and-fiscal-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/01\/trumps-immigration-orders-likely-to-face-legal-and-fiscal-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s immigration orders likely to face legal and fiscal challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_145694\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-145694\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol-771x476.jpg\" alt=\"Border Patrol\" width=\"771\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol-771x476.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol-336x207.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol-1170x722.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BorderPatrol.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from the U.S.\/Mexico border in 2016. In the foreground, behind a barbed-wire fence, U.S. Border Patrol agents speak with each other in El Paso, Texas. Across the Rio Grande, in the background, is Cuidad Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A barrage of legal and fiscal challenges is sure to dog two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/trump-pledges-to-start-work-on-border-wall-within-months\/2017\/01\/25\/dddae6ee-e31e-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.128e89d06eea\" target=\"_blank\">executive orders<\/a> President Trump signed Wednesday that reflect his promises to build a \u201cgreat wall\u201d and attack cities sympathetic to undocumented residents.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to begin planning for a 2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico wall &#8212; as well as the addition of additional border agents, more detention centers and a plan to withhold federal funds from so-called \u201csanctuary cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module align-left half type-aside\">\n<h3>About this article<\/h3>\n<p>This story comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2017\/01\/26\/20619\/trumps-immigration-orders-face-legal-and-fiscal-reality-checks\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Public Integrity<\/a>, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative media organization in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The president said his executive orders would restore \u201crule of law\u201d and control of the border. \u201cWhat I\u2019m doing is good for the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s also going to be good for Mexico.\u201d But his actions set off angry denunciations from civil rights groups that accuse Trump of scapegoating immigrants by feeding the public only negative portrayals of Mexicans, Muslims and undocumented people generally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump made a campaign out of demonizing immigrants and spreading lies\u2026 Today, he is poised to use those lies as a cornerstone of public policy, and the consequences are devastating for all of us,\u201d said Marielena Hincapi\u00e9, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. \u201cThese new executive actions are extremist, ineffective and expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said Trump\u2019s rhetoric has put those who \u201clook like\u201d immigrants or Muslims in danger.<\/p>\n<p>The NILC and other organizations \u2014 and U.S. business associations as well \u2014 have long pushed for compromise immigration solutions that would split apart fewer established families, allow some people to legalize and require U.S. businesses to use electronic checks on work documents, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2016\/12\/12\/20515\/trump-and-immigration-tough-talk-masks-complex-reality\" target=\"_blank\">the Center for Public Integrity<\/a> has reported. But now civil rights groups are vowing to go to court to challenge Trump\u2019s policies as he rolls them out. Rights advocates say they\u2019re developing lists of lawyers to defend individuals\u2019 access to due process, including those seeking asylum from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2014\/10\/08\/15861\/life-and-death-struggle-asylum-america\" target=\"_blank\">violent countries<\/a>, as CPI has reported.<\/p>\n<p>Civil rights groups have also contended that Trump\u2019s rhetoric about \u201csanctuary cities\u201d is <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/sferriss\/Downloads\/Community_Policing_Policies_Protect_American_042611_update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">built on myths<\/a>, including the belief that such cities block federal immigration agents from conducting enforcement. No city can block such enforcement, which is a federal responsibility. The concept of a sanctuary city is loose, with some cities, for example, issuing no more than proclamations that they welcome immigrants and others adopting official policies that prohibit their police officers from quizzing people about immigration status.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While many municipalities say they work with immigration agents on serious crime investigations, multiple chiefs of police argue that involving city cops in quizzing people on their status destroys trust in officers, harms crime-fighting efforts and increases the possibility of discrimination and rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials and cities and states have long fought over expenses for prolonged holding of suspected undocumented immigrants on \u201cdetainer\u201d requests. Some groups, representing residents who\u2019ve been held, argue agents should get <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagoreporter.com\/federal-judge-stops-immigration-authorities-from-issuing-detainers\/\" target=\"_blank\">warrants<\/a> for those they\u2019re seeking.<\/p>\n<p>Some cities, like San Francisco, have sparked outcry by declining to hold onto jailed people who don\u2019t have recent violent crime records or for whom federal officials don\u2019t file a warrant. A woman was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/california\/la-me-0705-sf-shooting-20150705-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">killed<\/a> in 2015 by such an undocumented immigrant who was charged with second-degree murder. In his defense, the man said he picked up a gun he said he had found, and it discharged, accidentally. San Francisco officials said if federal agents had provided a warrant the man would have been held.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s plans to build wall could cost as much as $20 billion, according to some experts. Taxpayers would have to foot the bill to get the initiative started, while also paying out for a proposed surge in border agents. Trump said his administration is working on a plan to force Mexico to reimburse the costs of the wall, but Mexican leaders have said repeatedly that they won\u2019t pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>Since the early 1990s, the border has <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2017\/01\/what-the-us-mexico-border-actually-looks-like\/\" target=\"_blank\">been gradually fortified<\/a> in many stretches, with high fences, some multiple, and tall metal barriers. Construction has continued to fill in some areas that officials deem are priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security has also supplemented fencing with sensory devices implanted in the ground, as well as an array of cameras and Border Patrol agents. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2016\/04\/02\/shocking-video-shows-suspected-drug-smugglers-easily-crossing-u-s-mexico-border\/?utm_term=.733704058fbd\" target=\"_blank\">Remote stretches<\/a> of river, extremely rough terrain and harsh desert divide the two countries and make constructing and maintaining barriers challenging. As urban areas in California and Texas were fortified in the 1990s, many migrants headed into harsh desert terrain in Arizona, where thousands have perished.<\/p>\n<p>Although some fencing \u2014 with gates \u2014 runs through their Arizona reservation, tribal leaders of the <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/sferriss\/AppData\/Local\/Microsoft\/Windows\/Temporary%20Internet%20Files\/Content.Outlook\/UKBYY85K\/Tohono%20O%E2%80%99odham\" target=\"_blank\">Tohono O\u2019odham\u00a0Nation<\/a> west of Tucson say they\u2019ll refuse to allow a solid wall to be built through the 75 miles they control. Landowners and those concerned about environmental damage will also have a say over construction as Trump\u2019s plan moves forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hefty pricetags, litigaton could slow progress on the president&#8217;s promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[140,3307,116],"class_list":["post-279324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-border-and-immigration","tag-donald-trump","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}