Republicans who have repeatedly made the case that today’s Democrat Party moves heaven and earth to protect illegal immigrants are once again sounding the alarm.
Republicans in New York are pointing to the arrest of a woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired bombing of the state Capitol as evidence of the importance of cooperation between local and federal law enforcement.
Rather than immediately turning the alleged terrorist plot into a broader attack on Democrats or radical Islamic terrorism, GOP leaders praised authorities for working together to disrupt the alleged attack before it could be carried out.
But the response also carried a clear political message.
Republicans are using the case to criticize a new state immigration law that prohibits local police departments from maintaining formal partnerships with federal immigration authorities, arguing that such restrictions could undermine the type of cooperation that helped prevent the alleged Capitol attack.
