EXCLUSIVE: White House Signals No Plans to Arrest Sanctuary Officials “Unless They Commit a Crime”

By Border Hawk

The Trump administration has indicated that there are no plans to arrest authorities in charge of sanctuary jurisdictions, seemingly walking back prior statements on the matter.

During a White House press briefing on Monday, Border Hawk raised the issue with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, referencing participation by elected officials in recent anti-ICE riots and protests in the sanctuary state of Illinois.

“The admin has openly discussed taking legal action against officials in sanctuary jurisdictions. This weekend we saw the mayor of Evanston, Daniel Biss, [apparently] rioting and protesting outside the ICE facility near Chicago,” Border Hawk White House correspondent Wid Lyman prefaced.

“Are there plans to start arresting sanctuary mayors or governors going forward?”

JUST IN: Border Hawk asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt if there are plans to arrest officials in sanctuary cities and states, as border czar Tom Homan previously suggested.

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“Unless they commit a crime, I don’t see them being arrested, but if they are violating federal law, if they are violating state law, then of course they should be arrested by state and local law enforcement,” Leavitt responded.

“If they are violating federal law, then they can expect the consequences of that behavior.”

Mayor Biss joined a large group of “violent rioters” who laid siege to the Broadview Processing Center in the Chicago suburbs on Friday.

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