Gavin Newsom denies Dem Sanctuary’s policy of blaming crime surges
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How are experts being warned after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were allegedly shot by two criminally illegal immigrants earlier this month? Sanctuary Policy Sheltering Lowbreakers are directly responsible for the increased crime and violence in democratically operated jurisdictions.
California Government Gavin Newsom’s OfficeBut the spokesman called it “fake news,” an attempt by the Trump administration to justify “their cruel and militaristic actions,” and rebutted the notion that sanctuary policies are responsible.
This comes after the arrest of two illegal immigrants, Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez and Christian Aber Berroa. Outside-duty CBP officer shot dead On the face of a park in New York City. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), both illegals had long criminal records and some ice detainees against them, who were ignored by New York City officials.
Last week, the Trump Department of Justice announced that Sues New York City It made it possible to film around the long-standing sanctuary policy that DHS said. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, nominates New York City Mayor Eric Adams and several other city officials as defendants. The lawsuit alleges that the city enacted a policy with the intention of blocking the federal government’s ability to enforce immigration laws.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office called a relationship between Sanctuary Policies and Rising Crime “Fake News.” (Getty Images and AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Joe Borelli, formerly New York City Council members told Fox News Digital that Sanctuary Policies “clearly” reduced safety in many of America’s major cities.
“We have spent about ten years experimenting with this ‘sanctuary city’ in a democratically operated city, and after that it can be clearly said that it is a net loss. That’s polite,” Borelli said.
“In reality, it emits financial resources from American cities and states, and clearly reduced the safety of the area, particularly the home of our legal immigrant communities,” he added.
Former immigration judge and policy expert at the Center for Immigration Studies, Andrew Arthur told Fox News Digital that the ongoing criminality of individuals, such as the two suspects in New York, is a “direct result of sanctuary policy.”
He said the suspect in the New York shooting “has been arrested in large numbers of prior arrests, one of which could result in ice arrests and deportation from the United States.”
“But they weren’t because it mostly happened in the sanctuary jurisdictions where the ice had not cooperated with local governments,” he explained.
NOEM condemns the “sanctuary” policy for immigrants accused of shooting an unofficial CBP officer
Christian Ebal Velour and Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez on the left were arrested in July 2025 in connection with the shooting of an outlying CBP officer at a New York City park. Both men had previous criminal records and ice detainees who were not respected by local officials. (Ministry of Homeland Security)
“The argument made is that these policies are needed to protect immigrant communities, but the only sanctuary policies actually protect criminals,” he said. “State and Region” Like CaliforniaLos Angeles, Denver, Boston, Massachusetts, New York and New York City have sanctuary jurisdictions, making it much more likely that criminal aliens are released into the streets and make a re-attack. ”
Lora Ries, a Border security And immigration experts at the Heritage Foundation predicted that if sanctuary policies continue, “there will be more preventable crimes and more casualties, and the number of victims that should not be victims.”
“It was not only a threat to national security, it was a threat to personal security,” she said.
Reese pointed out that it is a sanctuary policy that will allow criminal offences to avoid ice, despite Democrats’ claims that Trump’s immigration crackdown is unpopular.
Since 2015, the majority of Americans have generally supported the deportation of illegal immigrants. The latest Fox News Surveywho was released Monday, agrees that around eight Democrats in 10, ten independents in 10, four in 10 Republicans, at least illegal immigrants indicted for crimes should be deported, but others should be offered a way to stay.
R-Colo. Rep. Gabe Evans of the group says Sanctuary Policies has accused Colorado of making it one of the nation’s most dangerous states, enabling criminal cartels and human traffickers. (RJ Sangosti/Medianews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Rep. Gabe Evans, a district that includes parts of Denver, told Fox News Digital that Sanctuary Policies has it. I made Colorado The second most dangerous state in the country.
“It is an absolutely horrifying effect on public safety, and its horrifying effect is directly linked to the policies of the sanctuary states that are handcuffed. Aragua trainHe explained.
“We’re talking about guns, drugs, trafficking and child abuse,” he continued. “And predators and criminals who perpetuate these acts of violence; Seller of fentanyl In our community, we have literally killed Americans and Coloradan by thousands of people, and these are people who have been blessed in our society under the policies of the sanctuary states of Colorado. ”
In addition to blocking law enforcement from above, Evans added that the Sanctuary policy “can send a message to other outside groups to interfere with law enforcement officials and sometimes fully attack them.”
Tricia McLaughlin, Division Homeland Security The secretary assistant held Democratic politicians directly responsible for the sanctuary policy.
“When sanctuary politicians ignore ice detainees, they are protecting foreigners who violate crimes at the expense of American citizens,” McLaughlin told Fox News Digital.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will testify before the House Oversight Committee during a hearing on the Mayor of the Sanctuary held in Washington, D.C. on March 5, 2025. (Anadoru via Getty Images)
“No doubt Democratic politician Like Hakeem Jeffries, Boston Mayor Wu, Tim Waltz, and Los Angeles Mayor Bass have contributed to a surge in ice officer attacks through repeated slandering and demonizing the ice. From comparisons to the modern Nazi Gestapo to the glory of the mob, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond pale. ”
“These reckless policies have fatal consequences,” she added.
However, Newsom’s Office spokesman Diana Crofts-Pelayo was pushed back.
“Their claims are fake news,” Croft Perayo added, “This is the Trump team’s attempt to justify their cruel and militaristic actions against all people, including Americans, legal status holders and even US-born citizens.”
She pointed to new data released by the California Department of Justice, showing that overall crime in the state was reduced in 2024 compared to 2023. The report says the state’s violent crime rate fell by 6% in 2024. However, he said violent crime is still up 10.8% compared to 2019. Newsom took office in January 2019.
While California’s homicide rate is compared to 2019 (4.3% vs. 4.2%), the spokesman noted that it is still “the second lowest since at least 1966.”
A Newsom spokesperson said California, which is under California governor Gavin Newsom, has left. “We continue to escape the surge in crime caused by Covid,” he said, “the Trump administration’s “radical agenda is not about safety, it’s about cruelty and quotas.” (Pool)
Crofts-Pelayo said under Newsom California “continues to escape the surge in crime caused by symbiosis,” and said the Trump administration’s “radical agenda is not about safety, it is about cruelty and allocation.”
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“Trump will detain US citizens, tear down families, and silence parents and workers into inhumane federal detention centers to meet with a massive, voluntary arrest allocation,” she said.
Fox News Digital commented on New York Mayor Eric Adams, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, House Minority Leader Hayquem Jeffries, DN.Y., Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Jared Police, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston and Massachusetts Masats Gob.
Victoria Balara, Louis Casiano and Landon Mion of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.