Trump's border czar threatens to arrest Gavin Newsom--then chickens out
A day after offering up tough talk on how Democratic officials could be arrested for impeding agents attempting to abduct immigrants in Los Angeles, Donald Trump’s border czar retreated after California Gov. Gavin Newsom called his bluff.
On Sunday, Tom Homan told NBC News that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement would continue to carry out deportations in California despite ongoing protests against raids and the resulting community disruption. Homan told the network that officials like Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass could be targeted for arrest if their actions were seen as hindering ICE’s response.
“I’ll say it about anybody—you cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job,” Homan said.
The Trump administration has previously used law enforcement to go after elected officials. In April the FBI, led by Trump fan fiction writer Kash Patel, arrested Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan and accused her of obstructing efforts to deport an undocumented immigrant. In May, Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested after he inspected an ICE facility in his city.
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