Trump Threatens to Pull Immigration Officers from California
One cannot be sure on how serious he was but President Trump yesterday angerly threatened to pull federal immigration enforcement officers from California. In light of the fear spawned by increased ICE raids in recent weeks, some might welcome the end of federal immigration enforcement in the Golden State.
Trump said in the meeting, “If I wanted to pull our people from California you would have a crime nest like you’ve never seen in California. … You’d be inundated, you would see crime like no one’s ever seen crime in this country.”
“If we ever pulled our ICE out and said, ‘Hey, let California alone, let them figure it out for themselves,’ in two months they’d be begging for us to come back. They would be begging,” Trump said. “And you know what? I’m thinking about doing it.”
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) released the following statement after President Trump threatened to withdraw federal law enforcement from California:
“President Trump today renewed his attacks on California with more insults and threats. The president’s obsession with our state is growing more outrageous by the day.
“California is the 6th largest economy in the world. We’re the global hub of innovation and the largest farm state in the country. We’re creating jobs and driving the nation’s economy. At the same time, the state’s murder rate keeps falling and crime is at a historic low.
“The president’s attacks are not only mean-spirited, they’re patently false.”
KJ