Border Czar Tom Homan says data signifies the FBI might have leaked particulars of an immigration enforcement operation to the media, thereby “placing officers in danger.”
He says the U.S. Division of Justice has opened a felony investigation into the matter and will criminally prosecute the accountable people.
“[The Attorney General’s office] has promised not solely will this particular person lose their job and pension, however they’ll go to jail,” said Homan in a televised interview Monday on Fox, the place he additionally famous the potential for an “ambush” because of the leaking of operational particulars.
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On Monday, the Los Angeles Instances revealed a report on a pending immigration enforcement operation within the metropolis after receiving leaked data. Final week, Invoice Melugin shared {that a} deliberate operation in Aurora, Colorado, the place Venezuelan gangs had taken over residence buildings, got here up brief after data of the operation was leaked.
The Los Angeles raid, to happen later this month, can be performed with out native help, as California and the town are sanctuary zones that don’t cooperate with federal immigration authorities besides within the case of violent or severe felonies.
That is in contrast to the state of New York and metropolis of New York, whose governor and mayor respectively have each stated they’re keen to cooperate with immigration enforcement in lots of circumstances.
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