Powerful, AG Knudsen Slams Gallatin County Dems Blocking ICE

Montana's Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R-MT) slammed Democrat county officials in Bozeman for blocking an agreement with ICE. This, as the AG weighs in from the Southern Border as we speak.

We told you earlier this month how the Gallatin County Attorney and the Gallatin County Commissioners, all Democrats, were standing in the way of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is estimated that 1,000 illegal aliens are still in Montana, with the bulk of them in Gallatin County. On top of a drug cartel presence, HSI agents arrested Tren de Aragua gang members earlier this year in Belgrade (featured in photo above).

Knudsen has now issued a formal response to Gallatin County Attorney, saying that "the Cromwell Opinion is fundamentally flawed and contrary to Montana public policy for multiple reasons."

Here's some highlights from the letter.

AG Knudsen: "At its core, the Cromwell Opinion is an endorsement of the disastrous open border policies of the Biden administration. My office fought back against these destructive policies for four long years, and I refuse to stand by as feckless left-wing prosecutors attempt to subvert the will of the people and put dangerous criminals back on the streets."

AG Knudsen: "In one Gallatin County operation conducted in March, three illegal immigrants were arrested on drug-related charges and methamphetamine, cocaine, cash, and four vehicles were seized. I echo Gallatin County Sheriff Springer’s words: “This operation illustrates the long-term detrimental effects felt locally of unsecure borders and the need for strong community collaboration and enforcement amongst all of the cultural communities in Gallatin County.”1 And earlier this year, the Eastern Montana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area seized 4,900 carfentanil pills in Billings, two short hours from Gallatin County. Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, making it even more dangerous and deadly."

AG Knudsen also makes a great point in a huge section of the letter. The Gallatin County Attorney is ignoring Montana law and never addressed the law in her initial complaints:

The Cromwell Opinion Ignores that Montana Public Policy is to Cooperate with ICE Detainers, and the IGSA Is Necessary For ICE to Follow Through with Detainers and Remove Aliens with Criminal Records from Our State

 

Click here for the full letter from AG Knudsen to the Democrat Gallatin County Attorney: attachment-052125 AG Knudsen Ltr to Gallatin County Commissioners

By the way, AG Knudsen will join us on Friday's Montana Talks statewide radio show with Aaron Flint from 9-10 a.m.

Here's the video AG Knudsen shared from the Southern Border this week: