Fiery White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is doubling down on accusations that California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s top cop are turning their backs on public safety — and putting violent criminals back on the streets — by refusing to cooperate with ICE detainer requests.
Leavitt posted a Department of Homeland Security press release on X Friday morning that included a litany of people charged or convicted of sex crimes against children, violent assaults and even murder.
“Why is Gavin Newsom doing this?” Leavitt wrote in the post.
It follows a blistering letter sent by Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to Attorney General Rob Bonta this week saying California’s sanctuary policies have led to the release of 4,561 “criminal illegal aliens” since Jan. 20.
“Governor Newsom and his fellow California sanctuary politicians are releasing murderers, pedophiles, and drug traffickers from their jails back into our neighborhoods and putting American lives at risk,” Lyons said in a statement, calling the policy “dangerous derangement.”
