Republican governors around the country have sought to aid President Donald Trump by cracking down on towns and cities in their states that refuse to get on board with the White House’s immigration policies.

Already, more than 20 states have pushed legislation aimed at taking down “sanctuary” cities or places that refuse to turn over criminal illegal immigrants in local police custody to federal immigration authorities.

However, some states have gone even further and are not waiting for a bill to pass in order to force localities into cooperation, targeting them with threats of punishments, including lawsuits and fines, should they not get in line and become friendly with federal immigration authorities.

The idea for Republicans is that by increasing the number of illegal immigrants who can be turned over to ICE, a greater number of people are being taken off the streets and potentially deported. Trump has vowed to carry out the “largest-ever” deportation operation.

Alabama

In mid-February, the Alabama Senate passed a measure that would allow local jails to detain individuals in custody until one’s immigration status can be confirmed as opposed to releasing them.

“If you come to the country legally, if you come into Alabama legally, then these bills don’t affect you,” said Republican state Sen. Wes Kitchens in a statement.

Florida

Earlier this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed a broad immigration bill that sought to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the state, as well as required the state attorney general to sue any municipality that refused to hold illegal immigrants in jail until Immigration and Customs Enforcement could arrive on the scene and transfer that person into federal custody.

ICE tracks state and local databases nationwide and will wedge detainers with local police precincts to hold on to a person in custody until federal officers can physically arrive on the scene and transfer custody of that individual.

Localities that refuse to cooperate face fines of up to $5,000.

Georgia

Georgia already had a law on the books that required local police to identify and detain illegal immigrants who come into custody or risk losing state funding and face possible misdemeanor charges.

However, new legislation by Republican state Sen. Blake Tillery would allow the state to file lawsuits against city officials who let sanctuary policies prevail. The Senate recently passed his bill, which is now before the House.

Louisiana

Shortly before Trump took office, Louisiana passed a law that mandated law enforcement “use best efforts” to enforce immigration law and keep criminal illegal immigrants in custody for ICE to take custody of rather than releasing them.

The New Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office refused ICE’s requests that the local police detain all criminal offenders.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill recently sued the sheriff’s department on the basis that the state has violated the anti-sanctuary law.

The sheriff’s office maintained in a statement that it “remains in full compliance with all applicable state laws and valid court orders related to ICE detainers,” according to the Associated Press.

New Hampshire

Separate House and Senate bills going through the state legislature in New Hampshire take aim at the matter in different ways.

The Senate legislation would let the state attorney general sue a local county or city government if the locality moves not to work with ICE. It could also face a loss of 25% of state funding.

The House version does not include the fine but lays out more specific measures that local authorities must walk in line with ICE.

South Dakota

Until January, Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota before being replaced by Gov. Larry Rhoden (R-SD) when she was confirmed to be Department of Homeland Security secretary.

Rhoden quickly got to work and signed into law a ban on state and local policies that bar interactions with ICE regarding someone’s immigration status.

Tennessee

At present, Tennessee bans state economic development funding for local governments that have declared themselves a sanctuary zone.

More recently, Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signed a law targeting local elected officials who vote in support of sanctuary policies with felony charges. Elected officials could face up to six years in prison for trying to bring about the left-leaning immigration policy.

Wyoming

Wyoming’s state legislature has moved to block local city governments from refusing to hand over anything short of all criminal illegal immigrants to ICE. The bill goes even further than others by banning residents from proposing such a policy in initiative petitions, one way to get certain matters on the ballot.

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The bill passed the House and is now pending before the Senate.

Local jurisdictions found to be in violation could lose state funding for adopting such a policy, while the elected officials could see felony charges with a five- to 10-year sentence and a $20,000 fine for refusing to cooperate.