Speaking during a mid-August interview on Fox News Channel, Trump Administration assistant deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller sounded off on the sanctuary city policies seen in California generally and the city of Los Angeles generally, saying that the jurisdictions are defending illegal aliens and putting Americans at risk by doing so.
As background, Mr. Miller’s comments came in the context of the Attorney General Pam Bondi-led Department of Justice cracking down on sanctuary jurisdictions after putting them on notice that their non-compliance with immigration authorities has put them at risk of lawsuits and at risk of losing federal funding.
Beginning his diatribe against the California leaders he sees as most responsible for these horrible policies, the deputy chief of staff described the massive extent of their malfeasance given the jurisdictions they control. He said, “The mayor of Los Angeles and the governor of California were in the largest sanctuary city and the largest sanctuary state in America.”
Continuing, Miller noted that it wasn’t just that the state and city refuse to turn over illegal aliens generally, but that they refused to help the government in detaining and deporting serious criminals. he said, “They refused to turn over tens of thousands of serial criminal illegal aliens to ICE. So they get arrested by state or local authorities, and they get cut loose.”
Building on that, Mr. Miller argued that the illegal aliens released by California and LA then go on to commit awful crimes that could have been prevented had ICE detained them. He said, “They then go on to commit crimes like assault, armed robbery, home invasion, and murder, the most unimaginable egregious crimes you can think of.”
Further, he argued that the immense carnage and disorder that results is a horror that the political leaders are firmly responsible for. He said, “All of that blood, all of that suffering, all of that heartache, squarely on the soul and conscience of California’s governor and the mayor of Los Angeles. They are guilty of crimes against humanity.”
Adding to that, Miller noted that many other horrors result from lax immigration enforcement policies, again blaming Newsom and Bass for those evils. He said, “They are facilitating child trafficking, sex trafficking. Look, they think this is a game. They think this is a joke. This is life and death when you meet with the families . . . whose loved ones have been r*ped and killed and slaughtered by criminal, legal aliens who have no right to be in this country. What Newsom are doing and what Bass is doing are unforgivable.”
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Concluding, Stephen Miller thanked the immigration enforcement agents for their hard work in helping protect America, saying, “God bless our ICE agents and Border Patrol agents for going out there and doing this mission on behalf and on the orders of President Trump to make America safe for our citizens. The Democrat party seems to only care about two groups right now, criminals and illegal aliens, and that’s it. Donald Trump’s Republican Party is fighting for law abiding American citizens, and you’re seeing the results.”
Watch Miller here:
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