On at least two occasions in the last six months, the White House considered releasing immigrant detainees onto the streets of sanctuary cities as a way to target President Trump’s political foes, The Washington Post reported.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) district in San Francisco was one of the primary targets, Department of Homeland Security officials told the Post. The Post obtained emails that show the idea was first floated in November when a migrant caravan was approaching the U.S.-Mexico border. White House officials reportedly thought this would help relieve the shortage of space for housing immigrants caught crossing the border illegally, and give them an opportunity to jab Democrats.
But Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot down the idea and suggested there would be legal, budgetary and “PR risks” to carrying it out. When the administration tried to raise the idea again in February, ICE’s attorneys called it “inappropriate,” in the Post’s words.
The White House told the Post in a statement that this was “just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion.”
Seems like a good time to remind folks of this as well. The list of impeachable offenses just grows and grows and grows —
Of course he did…
Absolute scumbags.
The White House told the Post in a statement that this was “just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion. We also talked about killing Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Similarly those recommendations were eventually discarded. They came to nothing. People advised us against it, we listened and heeded their counsel, and moved on to other things. See, we can be reasoned with. No one got hurt. What’s the big deal?"
Yeah Stephen Miller strikes again. There is no policy, there’s only first do much harm.
Can someone please try to explain to me how any of the Trump maladministration policies and procedures are/were going give Miller his desired outcome? The root of the problem isn’t at the border but in the 3 minor Mexican countries in Central America.