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WH proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, targeting pol. foes

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White House officials have tried to pressure U.S. immigration authorities to release detainees onto the streets of “sanctuary cities” to retaliate against President Trump’s political adversaries, according to Department of Homeland Security officials and email messages reviewed by The Washington Post.

Trump administration officials have proposed transporting detained immigrants to sanctuary cities at least twice in the past six months — once in November, as a migrant caravan approached the U.S. southern border, and again in February, amid a standoff with Democrats over funding for Trump’s border wall.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco was among those the White House wanted to target, according to DHS officials. The administration also considered releasing detainees in other Democratic strongholds.
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The White House told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the plan was intended to alleviate a shortage of jail space but also served to send a message to Democrats. The attempt at political retribution raised alarm within ICE, with a top official responding that it was rife with budgetary and liability concerns, and noting that “there are PR risks as well.”
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Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immi...1d48d50ef75_story.html?utm_term=.4f8c4f39414e
 
The White House believed it could punish Democrats — including Pelosi — by busing ICE detainees into their districts before their release, according to two DHS whistleblowers who independently reported the busing plan to Congress. One of the whistleblowers spoke with The Washington Post, and several DHS officials confirmed the accounts. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller discussed the proposal with ICE, according to two DHS officials. Matthew Albence, who is ICE’s acting deputy director, immediately questioned the proposal in November and later circulated the idea within his agency when it resurfaced in February, seeking the legal review that ultimately doomed the proposal. Miller and Albence declined to comment Thursday.
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Wouldn't the best outcome for a detainee be to be released in a sanctuary city?
 
I don't get how this is retribution against democrats...like, oh no, how dare you not force these people into concentration camps and instead free them in welcoming communities!
 
They think immigrants are all criminals. So they want to drop asylum-seekers off in cities in the middle of the night hoping that they would commit crimes. Then they could demagogue around the issue and argue that sanctuary cities are dangerous.

At least that's what it seemed they were hoping for in El Paso.
 
avalon said:
They think immigrants are all criminals. So they want to drop asylum-seekers off in cities in the middle of the night hoping that they would commit crimes. Then they could demagogue around the issue and argue that sanctuary cities are dangerous.

At least that's what it seemed they were hoping for in El Paso.
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TITCR.
 
New strategy to punish asylum seekers: Drop them off in Greensboro.
 
Hilarious. Only in Pelosiland would this be considered punishment. Oh we are welcoming of immigrants and will make a public point and spectacle of being a sanctuary city, but please don’t drop them off by the busload here to “punish” us. They might actually tax our city and county resources and can’t afford to live here and pay taxes anyway.

In many ways, this is the most logical and humane thing to do. You’d think he would want to release them in the middle of White Sands. Give Trump some credit for being a great humanitarian, Nancy.
 
EatLeadCommie said:
Hilarious. Only in Pelosiland would this be considered punishment. Oh we are welcoming of immigrants and will make a public point and spectacle of being a sanctuary city, but please don’t drop them off by the busload here to “punish” us. They might actually tax our city and county resources and can’t afford to live here and pay taxes anyway.

In many ways, this is the most logical and humane thing to do. You’d think he would want to release them in the middle of White Sands. Give Trump some credit for being a great humanitarian, Nancy.
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Umm, it was considered retribution/punishment in Trumpland, that's why they wanted to do it. Still dense after all these years.
 
Seems like a good idea to me. If we are going to catch and release we might as well release in cities that welcome them.
 
Shooshmoo said:
Umm, it was considered retribution/punishment in Trumpland, that's why they wanted to do it. Still dense after all these years.
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Rrrright. And Pelosi’s comment is just oozing with welcoming rhetoric, not to mention that WaPo is the genesis of this story. Of course it was considered retribution in Trumpland. What they’ve accurately assessed is that the sanctuary city policy is welcoming of immigrants, just not that many immigrants. Oh, and they’d prefer Asian or Indian ones in SF.
 
Wrangor said:
Seems like a good idea to me. If we are going to catch and release we might as well release in cities that welcome them.
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These are people not fish or animals. They’re coming here on their own seeking a better life like many immigrants before them.

Wrangor, you’re better than this or at least you used to be.
 
This is a win as long as the cities can prepare for them.
 
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