The Department of Homeland Security [DHS] announced that agents had made a massive bust in a 5-day-operation in California. ICE agents reportedly arrested 128 illegals during their week-long, most of whom were die-hard and dangerous criminals. A staggering 96% of the 128 illegals that were arrested were either convicted criminals or wanted for crimes they’ve yet to face.
ICE agents note that of that 96%, many were either convicted of or wanted for crimes like rape, child molestation, murder, sexual assault, domestic violence, and major weapons charges.
While speaking to Fox News, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf gave the example of a 40-year-old man from El Salvador who was convicted of first-degree murder in 2009, sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In August, ICE issued a detainer, but it was ignored by the Los Angeles County jail and the illegal immigrant was released into the community. He was arrested in last week’s operation.
Wolf tore into those politicians who have enacted or continue to enforce “sanctuary city” policies, which he said puts politics over public safety.
“Instead of fulfilling our shared mission to protect our communities they would rather play politics with the law by enacting so-called sanctuary city policies to the detriment of our country’s safety,” he said.
Advocates of such policies say they can help encourage those in the country illegally to cooperate with law enforcement and prevent crimes and are also favored by those who see enforcement as cruel.
Wolf rejected the claim that such policies are compassionate: “There is no compassion for the Americans whose lives have been ended or destroyed by these policies, which shield violent criminal aliens at the expense of American lives.”
The Trump administration has vociferously opposed sanctuary policies and has sought to defund those areas that enact them, while repeatedly highlighting heinous cases of illegal immigrants who have been sprung from prison, only to go on and hurt or kill Americans.
Wolf warned sanctuary jurisdictions that the administration would continue to target such areas.
“Our obligation to protect American citizens from illegal aliens who rape, murder and otherwise commit violent crimes against our communities does not stop at the borders of a so-called sanctuary city,” he said.
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