THIS DEMANDS MORE ATTENTION – AT 10:21 A.M. ET:   A Cabinet officer asserts he's being threatened for doing his job, and most of the press is silent.  From the Washington Times:

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly said Thursday that members of Congress have tried to “threaten” him over his department’s stepped up enforcement of the immigration laws they wrote, and called for even stiffer laws to punish sanctuary cities and repeat-illegal immigrants.

Mr. Kelly said he was “offended” by those lawmakers — who he didn’t name — who he said “often threaten me and my officers” when they try to enforce laws that call for the deportation of illegal immigrants.

It’s the latest blunt criticism from the retired Marine general, who has previously told members of Congress to “shut up” rather than criticize him over the laws they wrote.

He appeared Thursday on Capitol Hill with Speaker Paul D. Ryan and other Republicans, hours before the House was slated to vote on two new crackdown laws.

One would increase penalties on illegal immigrants who have been deported yet sneaked back into the U.S. and later committed other crimes. That bill is named Kate’s law, after Kathryn Steinle, the woman killed by an illegal immigrant two years ago while walking the San Francisco waterfront with her father.

The other new bill would punish so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to let authorities cooperate with federal immigration officers trying to deport illegal immigrants.

Mr. Kelly said sanctuary cities aren’t actually sanctuaries, but rather make their communities more dangerous by shielding illegal immigrants.

COMMENT:  Both bills passed the House, but will have an uphill battle in the Senate because of Democratic opposition.  Increasingly, the Democratic Party is siding with criminals, violent protesters in colleges, and other darlings of the left.

As far as Secretary Kelly's charge that he is being threatened, that should immediately be investigated by Congress.  It should be a priority item.  It is a very serious matter, but the Republicans will probably ignore it, as they ignore too many things while fighting amongst themselves.

June 30, 2017