ICE to hit California hard before midterm elections: Sources
EXCLUSIVE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched a month and a half-long immigration enforcement operation across the sanctuary state of California, going after both the “worst of the worst” and noncriminal illegal immigrants, according to sources familiar with the plan.
TL;DR
- ICE has launched a 45-day immigration enforcement operation in California called Operation Safe California.
- The operation targets both criminal and non-criminal undocumented immigrants.
- ICE leadership has instructed officers to arrest all undocumented immigrants they encounter, regardless of criminal history.
- The operation began in San Diego and will move north through Los Angeles to San Francisco.
- The Trump administration is expanding ICE operations into 'blue states' ahead of the midterm elections.
- ICE officers in California are working mandatory six-day weeks, and approved time off has been canceled.
- DHS declined to confirm or deny the operation but stated that ICE enforces the law daily.