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By Ben Mannes
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner escalated his public rhetoric over federal immigration authorities by unveiling a national coalition of like‑minded local prosecutors sharing the same donors, of whom he said are ready to charge federal officers they believe break state criminal laws while enforcing immigration policy. The move renewed questions about constitutional limits on local authority over federal agents and about the funding networks backing Krasner and his new political allies.
At a press conference in Center City, Krasner announced what he called the “FAFO collision,” a political and legal partnership with nine other elected prosecutors from jurisdictions that have clashed with federal immigration enforcement. The group publicly brands itself as “Fight Against Federal Overreach,” or FAFO, a name that also echoes a profane online slogan about the consequences of bad behavior that Krasner has used to “appear tough” in prior public remarks about law enforcement accountability.
Why It Matters. Krasner’s announcement comes amid a series of Philadelphia events in which he has vulgarly “warned” ICE and other federal agents they could be arrested if they commit what he deems crimes in the city, including a recent news conference condemning a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. In that earlier appearance, he told agents who “come to Philly to commit crimes” to “get the F out of here” and vowed to charge any officer involved in a similar killing locally.
That tension — between local outrage over high‑profile enforcement incidents and the legal shield around federal authority — is at the center of Krasner’s campaign. Ironically, Article VI supremacy is the clause that enabled federal enforcement to the laws that ended a ban on gay marriage, slavery, and segregation.
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