Another liberal mayor is throwing roadblocks in front of President Trump's mass deportation operation, with Everett, Washington Mayor Cassie Franklin issuing a directive that restricts Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) access to city buildings.
The move has sparked immediate backlash from federal immigration officials, who are calling out Franklin's directive as obstruction of justice during a critical phase of Trump's promise to remove criminal illegal aliens from American communities.
Franklin's order limits ICE agents' ability to conduct immigration enforcement operations in city facilities, essentially creating another sanctuary policy that shields illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement. This comes as the Trump-Vance administration is ramping up deportation operations nationwide under the leadership of "Border Czar" Tom Homan.
Deep State Resistance Continues
This latest act of defiance represents exactly the kind of deep state and local government resistance that Patriots knew would emerge as Trump delivers on his America First agenda. While working families across the nation voted overwhelmingly for secure borders and deportation of criminal aliens, radical Democrat mayors are still playing politics with public safety.
ICE officials didn't mince words in their response, making it clear that local obstruction won't derail the federal government's constitutional duty to enforce immigration law. The agency emphasized that such directives only serve to protect criminal aliens at the expense of law-abiding Americans.
"Local policies that restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement put communities at risk and undermine the rule of law," an ICE spokesperson stated.
Franklin's directive follows a pattern of sanctuary policies that have plagued blue cities for years, policies that Trump has promised to eliminate through federal funding cuts and other enforcement mechanisms available to his administration.
Trump's Mandate Being Tested
This confrontation in Washington state represents a crucial test of Trump's mandate from the American people. Voters delivered a decisive victory in 2024 specifically because they wanted an end to the Biden border crisis and the removal of dangerous illegal aliens from their communities.
The question now is whether local Democrat politicians will continue to prioritize virtue signaling over public safety, and how quickly the Trump administration will move to cut off federal funding to cities that obstruct immigration enforcement.
How long will Patriots tolerate local officials who put illegal aliens before American citizens?