President Trump suggested that pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of California would result in the state, “begging for us to come back.”
President Trump suggested that pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents out of California would result in the state, "begging for us to come back." The assertion was made on Thursday during a roundtable with officials, both local and state. It was intended as a forum to discuss ways to stop gun violence but took a turn toward California's handling of illegal immigration. Trump said the state is doing, "a lousy management job," and commented, "frankly, if I wanted to pull our people from California, you would have a crime mess like you've never seen in California…in two months, they'd be begging for us to come back. They would be begging. And you know what, I'm thinking about doing it." It's unclear if Trump was serious about the idea.
"His administration has stepped up enforcement of immigration laws in California as an effort to pressure sanctuary cities, which is a term for local jurisdictions who have some policy of non-cooperation or coordination with federal immigration authorities," CNN reported.
