Sheriff defies ‘un-American’ deep blue state sanctuary legal guidelines, inform ICE to ‘put me on pace dial’

EXCLUSIVE: As most leaders in deep blue Washington state double down on sanctuary insurance policies and refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, Sheriff Bob Songer of Klickitat County is pledging to assist federal immigration enforcement in any method he can, telling Tom Homan to “put me on pace dial.”

In December, Songer revealed a video via the Klickitat County Sheriff’s Workplace’s official Fb web page through which he stated the Biden administration had “allowed our nation to be invaded” and publicly vowed to assist ICE implement immigration regulation. 

Songer’s stance flies straight within the face of Washington’s migrant sanctuary legal guidelines, which prohibit regulation enforcement from aiding federal authorities in implementing immigration legal guidelines. 

It additionally places him at odds with different regulation enforcement authorities within the state and Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson, who has vowed to “defend law-abiding Washington households” together with the “overwhelming majority of undocumented residents” who he stated are “first rate, hard-working, law-abiding residents.” 

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Sheriff Bob Songer, proper, of Klickitat County in Washington, is pledging to assist federal immigration enforcement in any method he can, telling Tom Homan, left, to “put me on pace dial.” (Fox Information Digital)

Uncowed by this, Songer – who, after serving in regulation enforcement for 56 years, is at the moment serving his third time period as sheriff – stated, “I’ll cooperate with ICE 100% as a result of they’re doing the fitting factor.” 

In an interview with Fox Information Digital, he defined that, regardless of being a small, rural county in Washington, unlawful immigrants frequently go via the county and fairly often obtain authorities advantages paid for by the taxpayers. 

“When folks have invaded our nation throughout the southern border and even the northern border, Canada, our authorities, it is their job to guard our Americans by stopping that invasion,” he stated. “Why would any governor, any mayor, any county commissioner, or any sheriff or police chief knowingly enable criminals, severe criminals for homicide, rape, no matter, defend them from immigration, defend them from ICE?” 

“So why am I standing up towards that?” he continued. “You wager I am saying that Tom Homan, in the event you want to contact me, I am going to provide you with my telephone quantity, he can have me on pace dial.” 

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement performed a worksite enforcement operation Jan. 28 at Full Autowash in Philadelphia based mostly on allegations that workers had been being subjected to labor exploitation. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Songer stated there are two most important causes for his daring stance. First, he believes Washington’s sanctuary regulation is unconstitutional, and secondly, he feels the U.S. residents of Klickitat County are demanding it.  

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“I truthfully consider that it is the smartest thing for our residents,” he defined, including: ” what’s neat about an elected sheriff versus police chief … an elected sheriff is elected by the folks. His or her solely boss is the folks, not the governor, not the county commissioners, not anyone however the folks themselves. That is the sheriff’s boss.” 

Responding to criticisms from Democrats and the media that not all unlawful immigrants needs to be arrested and deported by ICE, Songer stated, “They’ll attempt to let you know, ‘nicely, those that simply waded throughout the Rio Grande, that is a civil infraction,’ that’s bull, it is a crime underneath federal regulation. Interval. It doesn’t matter what their intentions had been.” 

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ICE brokers conduct an enforcement operation within the U.S. inside on June 2, 2022. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

“They’re coming into this nation throughout the border with no authorized illustration in any respect. In different phrases, they know they’re breaking the regulation. Why not? They get free telephones, free medical, free join, it is Christmas for them,” he stated. “And on the similar time, our authorities, Democrat authorities, they did not give a d— about veterans or homeless which can be U.S. residents.”

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“I do know Washington State is a blue, blue, blue sanctuary state. It is scary to reside in this sort of environment,” he concluded. “However I wished to make it clear and make it identified to Tom Homan and President Trump and Vance, the vice chairman, that so long as I am in workplace … I’ll completely cooperate with it and I need them to know that each one they obtained to do is attain out and ask for help in Klickitat County, and I will be there, standing at consideration and keen to hold out the duties.”