Top Republican rebukes notions to arrest DHS agents with plan to pull funding from problem cities

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EXCLUSIVE: The SHIELD Act — Safeguarding Homeland Immigration Enforcement from Local Detention — would bar local police from arresting federal agents, a response to recent Democratic claims that state and local officials should be able to intervene. Efforts from the left to stymie President Donald Trump ’s "mass deportation" endeavor have often been tied up in court, such as when Obama-appointed Judge William Orrick threw cold water on a prior effort to strip sanctuary cities of federal funding. On Friday, House Budget Committee chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, will introduce the SHIELD Act, which he told Fox News Digital will "stand up for the rule of law and push back on far-left radicals by cutting off every federal dollar to any jurisdiction that obstructs or prosecutes our officers - even once - carrying out their critical security responsibilities." "I’m proud to lead the fight to support our federal officers and hold lawless politicians who undermine the safety and security of the United States fully accountable," Arrington said. DEM-BACKED ‘DIGNITY’ BILL COULD STRIP ICE OF DETENTION POWERS, ERASE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, CRITICS WARN Similar efforts — including the Trump administration’s bid to penalize sanctuary cities that Orrick blocked — came from the executive branch, while Arrington’s proposal would create a new law. "Any state or local leader who arrests federal agents for enforcing immigration law are abandoning the heart of constitutional order, aiding and abetting criminal illegal aliens, and fueling the perverse incentives that drive illegal immigration," Arrington added. In recent weeks, some Democrats pledged varied levels of interference with DHS operations. EXCLUSIVE: PRITZKER CRITIC IN CONGRESS INTRODUCES BILL TO CRACKDOWN ON SANCTUARY STATES ‘GAMBLING WITH AMERICA Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered the establishment of "ICE-Free Zones" in October, amid "Operation Midway Blitz" and DHS’ use of public spaces like a city-owned lot on Kedz…