Source: Orange County Register
by David J Bier
“If you’re confused about why the LRA is all about shoplifters, not murderers, it’s because Riley’s killer was accused of shoplifting in Georgia. The assumption is that if LRA were in effect, he’d have been detained. But this is wrong, too. Georgia police never brought him to jail, so the federal government never would have had the chance to pick him up. The premise of the bill is wrong. But this sloppy provision is not the LRA’s purpose. The primary goal is to empower states to control US immigration policies by overturning Supreme Court precedent that denies states the ability to sue over immigration enforcement decisions …” (01/19/25)