DOJ Issues Warning to California Democrats After ICE Agents Threatened with Arrest: ‘Stand Down or Face Prosecution’
by David Lindfield
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a scathing warning to top California Democrat officials, declaring that any attempts to arrest or interfere with federal immigration officers will be treated as a criminal act and prosecuted accordingly.
In a formal letter addressed to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Blanche reminded California Democrat leaders that federal law supersedes state law and that obstructing lawful immigration enforcement is “illegal and futile.”
“We just sent them a letter: Stand down or face prosecution,” Blanche wrote in a post on X after the letter was released on Thursday.
“No one threatens our agents.
“No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again.”
Pelosi Threatens to Arrest Federal Agents
The Justice Department’s warning came in response to a joint statement by Pelosi and Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-CA), who threatened to arrest federal agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations in the Bay Area.