Jerry Brown Accuses Trump Of ‘Lying on Immigration,’ Californians Say Otherwise
By Randy DeSoto
May 17, 2018 at 3:23pm
California Gov. Jerry Brown accused President Donald Trump of “lying” about illegal immigration, as well as the public safety risk created by the Golden State’s recently enacted “sanctuary state” law.
Senate Bill 54 — the “California Values Act” — greatly limits the ability of state and local law enforcement officials to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
On Wednesday, Trump hosted a roundtable to discuss the impact of California’s sanctuary policies with multiple local officials whose governments have come out in opposition to the law.
Brown tweeted in response to that meeting that Trump “is lying on immigration, lying about crime and lying about the laws of CA.”
“Flying in a dozen Republican politicians to flatter him and praise his reckless policies changes nothing. We, the citizens of the fifth largest economy in the world, are not impressed,” he added.
The Trump administration filed suit against the state of California in March challenging the constitutionality of SB 54. In its brief, the Justice Department noted the Constitution specifically grants authority over immigration to the federal government.
The DOJ is also relying on an Obama-era Supreme Court ruling striking down parts of an Arizona law which sought to impose stricter immigration enforcement measures than the federal government had in place.
“Arizona may have understandable frustrations with the problems caused by illegal immigration while that process continues, but the state may not pursue policies that undermined federal law,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.
Fox News reported that multiple California counties and several local communities have joined the Trump administration’s suit challenging SB 54, the most prominent being San Diego County, which shares a border with Mexico, and Orange County, located just to the north of San Diego.
Officials from some of the localities were on hand for Trump’s Wednesday roundtable.
In kicking off the discussion, Trump said, “Each of you has bravely resisted California’s deadly and unconstitutional sanctuary state laws.” “You’ve gone through a lot, too, although it’s becoming quite popular what you’re doing,” he continued.
“California’s law provides safe harbor to some of the most vicious and violent offenders on Earth, like MS-13 gang members putting innocent men, women, and children at the mercy of these sadistic criminals,” Trump stated. “But we’re moving them out of this country by the thousands.”
Electing Trump and electing Brown when neither is fit to represent us is proof enough that most Americans are unable to think for themselves.
Trump was elected because he unmasked how corrupt the Clinton's were. And this includes Bill. The Clinton Crime Cult has left a trail of bodies behind them. Sooner or later the other shoe will drop on them and justice will be served.
Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown is just a nut, plain and simple. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke