Attorney General Pam Bondi on Sunday vowed that her office will “come after” whoever leaked a memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that revealed the location of upcoming major raids, saying that the leak placed law enforcement in danger.
Bondi told Fox News, “If anyone leaks anything, people don’t understand that jeopardizes the lives of our great men and women in law enforcement, and if you leaked it, we will find out who you are and we will come after you. And it’s not gonna stop our mission, it’s not gonna stop the President’s mission to make America safe again.”
“We were very clear with the lawsuit we filed in Chicago that if you don’t follow the law, you will be prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” she added.
The memo revealed that a “large scale” action is set to take place in Los Angeles before the end of the month, the Daily Mail reported. A federal law enforcement source told the outlet that FBI and DEA agents from Los Angeles field offices are being called in to assist. “They needed more bodies,” the official said.
The official added that the timeframe for the raids could change both due to the “chaotic” approach undertaken by the Trump administration and pushback from local agencies that could slow the plans. “Just because certain information is being given doesn’t mean it’s the administration’s plan, because they know some agents are going to be resistant.”
A White House intelligence source said, “There is a mile long line of DHS trucks and CBP in front of Camp Pendleton right now, ready to do the biggest illegal immigrant grab in recent history,” adding, “The West Coast is this week and the East Coast is next week. It is about to get crazy in California. They need to fill 100,000 spots,” meaning arrests. The source continued, “They are going to be taking 100,000 immigrants back to Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador and Guatemala in this grab.”
