Larimer Sheriff Justin Smith calls Homeland Security letter a veiled threat over immigration, budget

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Deb Stanley
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7 News
Article date: 
5 February 2015
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Colorado News
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Larimer County's sheriff says he received a "veiled threat letter" from the Secretary of Homeland Security warning him to support President Obama's new immigration policy or face a loss of funding...

[Sheriff] Justin Smith says the letter warns, "that if Congress didn't send President Obama the DHS funding bill that he wanted (rubberstamping the president's executive amnesty), local and state public safety agencies would not receive federal grants ..."

 

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Smith posted a response on Facebook: "Let me get this straight - the president believes he has the authority to nullify federal laws that don't serve his personal agenda, but if Congress dares to exercise it's responsibility of controlling the purse strings, he will willingly hold public safety grants hostage just to get his way?"Smith says the letter went to all police chiefs and sheriffs around the country ...

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