Danny Ceisler was sworn in Wednesday night as the new Bucks County sheriff, taking office on the same day that a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.
Ceisler, who ran a campaign opposed to mass deportations and cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, said during the ceremony that he believes his stance is what brought so much attention to his campaign.
“My predecessor volunteered to deploy county resources to aid the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda during a point in our history when thousands of our neighbors here in Bucks County, both documented and undocumented, are living in justified fear of detention and deportation,” Ceisler said…