Mankato wages war with ICE

Apparently, the city of Mankato intends to fight a losing fight against ICE. According to the article, "The Mankato City Council passed an ordinance to prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from wearing masks or refusing to identify themselves while conducting enforcement operations, following a unanimous vote Monday. The emergency ordinance — which took effect immediately — applies not just to ICE, but to all law enforcement agencies, including federal, state and local officers." This isn't surprising, though it's foolish.

What happens if? During debate of the ordinance, "City Attorney Pam Whitmore repeatedly cautioned council members that Mankato does not have authority over federal agencies, and that enforcement would be challenging in real time. 'If we pass this, and an agency comes into town, and is performing their duties and is wearing a face mask, what will happen?' asked council member Jessica Hatanpa. 'What will our officers — I’m assuming they’ll ask them to remove it — [but] what if they don’t?'"

"Yeah, so that’s a really good question," responded Whitmore. "Practically, this is going to be a difficult one to enforce for our officers." Whitmore explained that even if a federal officer refused to identify themselves or remove a face covering, the city’s options would likely be limited to requesting compliance or issuing a citation.
Naturally, the nutjobs weren't going to let a little thing like the Constitution get in the way of their diatribe:
Whitmore told council members that other jurisdictions which have attempted to regulate immigration enforcement have faced legal challenges from the Trump administration. Council member Michael McLaughlin argued that backing down because of potential federal pushback would amount to surrendering to "yranny." "If we use that as our metric, it’s essentially succumbing to tyranny at that point," McLaughlin said.
Actually, it'd be obeying the Constitution. Then again, that apparently isn't a priority for McLaughlin. Based on this report, this temporary ordinance appears flimsy:

Councilman McLaughlin sounds like an activist, not a public servant. I'd love to know what percentage of Mankato voters think that their city council should ignore the U.S. Constitution. I'm curious, too, to find out if voters see this ordinance is purely performative.

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