Democrat Mayors Say They Will Use Police To Obstruct Trump's Deportation Of Illegals
There are only two issues that Democrats might care more about than the national legalization of abortion: Blocking the passage of voter ID laws, and, blocking the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
The reason should be relatively obvious - Keeping the border open and illegal immigrants flowing into the US is the key to election victory for progressives in the long run. If leftists are going to exterminate millions of future voters in the womb, then their only other option to fill ballot boxes is to import people from the third world and give them as much free stuff as possible so they're sure to vote blue.
Police are city. Sheriffs, and deputies are country. County sheriffs have jurisdiction in the county/cities.
Many small counties, a collection of small cities, the cities have no police force at all. They completely rely on the country to do the policing. A city can also choose to have a city police force. This does not affect the jurisdiction of the sheriff.
I'm not sure how the funding works from city funding country sheriffs when there is no city police force. I can research.
Thought I saw a message somewhere this week that said he was going to promote sections of police TO sheriff/deputies status (if the local sheriff is a corrupt sob IMO). Maybe this is exactly why.