US EditionTrump aims to 'unleash' local police, but cautions against standing in the way of ICE
- On Monday, April 28, 2025, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at empowering local police forces across the U.S. And intensifying enforcement against sanctuary jurisdictions.
- The orders followed a background of rising concerns about sanctuary cities obstructing federal immigration enforcement and included calls for cooperation with ICE and legal defense for officers sued for on-duty actions.
- The orders direct federal agencies to provide improved police training, pay, and crime data tracking while requiring the attorney general to pursue legal remedies against local officials for civil-rights violations or obstruction of law enforcement.
- Nine law firms have committed to offering $940 million worth of pro bono legal support to police officers, while administration officials emphasized the importance of following the law and warned against interfering with federal law enforcement agents.
- These executive orders may reinvigorate local-federal police cooperation but have raised legal and constitutional concerns among critics about federal overreach and possible impacts on community trust and policing autonomy.
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Pasadena Star NewsTrump order of free legal help for police sends a message, but may have little impact in court
President Donald Trump’s new executive order promising free private legal protection for law enforcement officers is likely to have little tangible impact on courtroom battles over alleged abuse, local civil rights attorneys say, even as the sweeping directive signals a larger federal focus on protecting police. As part of a presidential action entitled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innoc…
Home Invasions on the Rise: Constitution-Free Policing in Trump’s America - LewRockwell
“One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle.”—James Otis, Revolutionary War activist, on the Writs of Assistance, 1761 What the Founders rebelled against—armed government agents invading homes without cause—we are now being told to accept in the so-called name of law and order. Imagine it: it’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is asleep. Suddenly, your front door is …
Trump Will Never Run Out of Ways to Humiliate the Law Firms That Caved to Him
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging to “unleash high-impact local police forces” across the country, thereby empowering officers to “aggressively” enforce the law. It promises a “surge” of federal resources to boost officer pay, to expand programs that allow police departments to procure surplus military equipment, and, for good measure, to “promote investment in the security and capacity of prisons.” Finally, a …
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Home Invasions on the Rise: Constitution-Free Policing in Trump’s America
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle. —James Otis, Revolutionary War activist, on the Writs of Assistance, 1761 What the Founders rebelled against—armed government agents invading homes without cause—we are now being told to accept in the so-called name of law and order. Imagine it: it’s the middle of the night. Your neighborhood is asleep. Suddenly, your front door is s…
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