Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) responded to Tom Homan‘s warning on Sunday that obstructing immigration enforcement would lead to an arrest of “anybody,” telling the border czar to come arrest him.
“Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy. I don’t give a damn,” Newsom told NBC News on Sunday night.
The California governor defended the illegal immigrant population of Los Angeles, which was targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a wave of raids late last week, spurring the violent protests across the city.
Newsom said Homan needs to leave alone the “poor people just trying to live their lives,” and insisted that the state needs to “push back” against the Trump administration, which has sought to control the law enforcement
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