WH Mulled Dumping Immigrant Detainees In Sanctuary Cities, Targeting Trump Foes

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards the microphones to speak to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House April 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump wil... WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards the microphones to speak to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House April 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump will sign an executive order on energy and infrastructure during his visit at International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center in Crosby, Texas. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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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.”

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  1. Of course he did…

  2. Absolute scumbags.

  3. 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?"

  4. 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.

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