ICE leader says sanctuary city politicians should be arrested
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ICE leader says sanctuary city politicians should be arrested
The nation’s top immigration cop took aim at sanctuary cities like Sacramento on Tuesday, saying in a televised interview that politicians who support limiting cooperation with federal deportations might belong in handcuffs themselves.
“This isn’t the America I grew up in. We’ve got to take these sanctuary cities on. We’ve got to take them to court and we’ve got to start charging some of these politicians with crimes,” said Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during a Fox News appearance.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, whose city last year strengthened its position as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants, was defiant in his response on Wednesday.
“They certainly know where to find me,” Steinberg said.
On Jan. 1, California enacted Senate Bill 54, a measure passed last year that limits how law enforcement agencies can interact with federal immigration authorities — the topic of Homan’s television appearance. Cities like Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles already had policies in place that limited law enforcement cooperation with immigration authorities, and the ICE director singled out local and state leaders of sanctuary locales as accountable for crimes committed by undocumented immigrants in their areas.
ICE leader says sanctuary city politicians should be arrested
