Governor of California Gavin Newsom’s reported plan to help illegal immigrants and their families threatened by President Trump’s mass deportation plan. It was attacked as a show. “Destructive leadership” on Thursday Two days after POLITICO Details released from internal memo Details of the draft plan
“We just had elections on November 5th. People voted for safe borders. safe road and knew that the president was about to begin deportation proceedings. Not just because he wanted to. But because we just had about 12 million people enter the country and be discovered by CBP crossing the border illegally. Something must be done about what has happened over the past four years. And now he wants to use state funds and state infrastructure to flout federal law,” said Ron Vitiello, former head of the U.S. Border Patrol. said Thursday on “Fox & Friends.”
He continued: “This is the state with the highest income taxes in the country. It has the highest sales tax in the country. And there’s a $68 billion deficit… So who is he using taxpayer resources to protect, right? People who are in the country illegally. Those who break the law to be there are also breaking the law in the jurisdiction in which they reside in California.”
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Name memo The “Immigrant Support Network Concept” proposes “creating an immigrant support network comprised of regional ‘hubs’ to connect at-risk individuals, families, and communities with community systems such as legal services, schools, labor, unions, local government, etc. ” according to POLITICO.
The draft plan, while “little on details” and “still under review,” appears to reflect a broader effort by blue state Democrats to challenge Trump’s hardline stance. regarding illegal immigration After Trump was elected Newsom has called a special legislative session and talked about a legal defense fund that “Trump-proof” worth $25 million
When contacted about the reported proposal, Governor Newsom’s office previously told Fox News Digital that the document had not yet been reviewed in Sacramento. It added that the document was drafted by the state Ministry of Social Services.
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Scott Murray, deputy director of public relations and outreach programs at the Department of Social Services, told Fox News Digital that the document “is not a final proposal.”
“This document is an internal draft document and is a draft for internal discussion. This is part of a number of possible considerations. Considering the upcoming public address of the federal government,” he said in a statement.
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Fox News’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
