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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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From: S. maltophilia9/28/2025 3:11:06 PM
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. Democratic Governors Can Arrest ICE Agents. What Are They Waiting For?
Even failed prosecutions would force federal agents to think twice before breaking down doors.

...Here’s what you need to know: Federal agents are committing state felonies every day. Breaking and entering. Kidnapping. Assault. When they kick down doors without judicial warrants, when they detain citizens without probable cause, when they point guns at children, these are crimes under state law. And Democratic governors have the power to prosecute those crimes.

They just need to understand an absolutely essential point.

Winning isn’t the point. Fighting is.

This is asymmetric legal warfare: using the courts to fight back when you’re outgunned. Republicans mastered it years ago. They prosecute doctors in Texas knowing federal courts will eventually overturn the convictions. Doesn’t matter. The prosecutions achieve their goal: doctors stop performing abortions rather than risk arrest.

The same dynamic would work here. When ICE agents face potential state prosecution...

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