Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner isn’t mincing words.
Standing in front of City Hall this week, Krasner made clear that whatever norms once insulated federal immigration agents from accountability are over. If ICE officers violate state law in Philadelphia, or anywhere else prosecutors are willing to act, they should expect to be treated like anyone else with a badge who crosses the line. And if justice takes years, Krasner said, so be it. “If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice,” he told the crowd.
A day later, Krasner formally joined a nationwide coalition of prosecutors pledging to bring state criminal charges against federal agents who break the law. The group includes county and commonwealth attorneys from Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, and Virginia — jurisdictions that have increasingly found themselves on the front lines of aggressive ICE operations and the political blowback that follows…