Posted on 02/28/2018 3:28:11 PM PST by Mariner
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
A top immigration official said Wednesday that about 800 people living illegally in Northern California were able to avoid arrest because of a weekend warning that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf put on Twitter.
"What she did is no better than a gang lookout yelling 'police' when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood, except she did it to a whole community," Thomas Homan, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting chief, told "Fox and Friends."
The mayor warned residents over the weekend of large-scale, impending raids by immigration agents in the San Francisco Bay Area, escalating tensions between California officials and the Trump administration.
Homan said the Justice Department is looking into whether Schaaf obstructed justice and said her actions allowed immigrants who have committed crimes to remain in Oakland, making the community less safe.
"I just can't believe it happened," he said.
Federal immigration agents arrested more than 150 people in California in the days after Schaaf's warning of the raids, the agency announced Tuesday.
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ICE just needs to start workplace enforcement and drop the federal hammer on employers employing illegals in sanctuary cities. This stuff is all the books already. Sleepy Sessions could do it immediately if he chose.
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Why? It’s 2 steps removed already (Fed, State).
Others are correct, arrest her, prosecute her and dare the next govt official to break the Law
Nothing in the pipeline, biz will begin to dry up.
Not saying DON’T, but this 50-100 head every ‘month long investigation’ doesn’t do JACK.
Yes they do and that may be the only way to get Justice because the feds certainly aren't going to enforce the current law.
“interference with peace officer in the performance of their duties.”
Sessions sucks so badly.
It was reported that the idiot Mayor was on the receiving end of much harassment from people in her state and around her country....GOOD!
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