'That's not my job': Las Vegas Metro PD Sheriff says department won't participate in deportations | Law Enforcement Today

LAS VEGAS, NV - Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department told local news outlet KLAS that his department will not participate in mass deportation operations or “roundups” in cooperation with immigration authorities under President Donald J. Trump. The Sheriff leading the LVMPD told the interviewer directly, “That’s not my job,” adding, “I have too much to do.”

During President Trump’s Monday inaugural address, he told the nation, “All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”

He further added, “By invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, I will direct our government to use the full and immense power of federal and state law enforcement to eliminate the presence of all foreign gangs and criminal networks bringing devastating crime to U.S. soil, including our cities and inner cities,” essentially issuing a directive to departments like the LVMPD to comply.

As noted by 8NewsNow, Nevada’s Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo alongside other GOP governors signaled that they are “fully committed” to implementing the Trump policy to remove “individuals who pose a threat” from the country.

McMahill told KLAS in full when asked about participating in the deportation effort, “I think it will be an interesting conversation, but roundups out in the community and those kinds of things, that’s not my job. I have too much to do.”

“I don’t think that with the volume and magnitude of the problem that they’re going to make as much progress on it as they would like to unless they first focus in on stopping people from coming across the borders.”

Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan told Fox News John Roberts Tuesday that removal operations have already begun saying "It's started. ICE teams are out there as of today."

Homan elaborated, "Right out of the gate it’s public safety threats, those who are in the country illegally that have been convicted, arrested for serious crime," he said. "But let me be clear. There's not only public safety threats that will be arrested, because in sanctuary cities, we're not allowed to get that public safety threat in the jail, which means we got to go to the neighborhood and find him."
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