ICE chief blames mayorâs warning for 800 missed arrests
Homan
Thomas Homan   US Immigration and Customs Enforcementâs acting director  told Fox News that the mayorâs warning on Twitter was âbeyond the paleâ and compared her to a gang lookout who tells people when a police car is arriving.  Homan  said the Justice Department is looking into whether Schaaf obstructed justice.
It was unclear how many people would have eluded capture without the mayorâs warning  but  Homan  squarely blamed  her  for 800 and said  her  actions jeopardized officer safety.
âThereâs over 800 significant public safety threat criminals  these are people who are here illegally and committed yet another crime  been convicted of a crime â he told Fox. â She  gave them warning  and thereâs 800 that we were unable to locate because of that warning  so that communityâs a lot less safe than it would have been.â
 Homan âs statement of 800 missed targets â plus the 150 arrests â in only three days suggests an unusually large operation by the agencyâs standards. Two weeks ago  it arrested 212 in a five-day operation in the Los Angeles area. A Texas operation in February resulted in 145 arrests over seven days.
Asked about  Homan  likening her to a gang lookout  she said the âTrump administration is trying to distract the American people  convince them that these immigrants are dangerous people. That could not be further from the truth and it is based in racism.â
The warring words are the latest sign of escalating tension between California officials and the Trump administration over immigration enforcement and âsanctuaryâ jurisdictions.  Homan  vowed that immigration agents would have a stronger presence in California since a state law took effect in January to sharply limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Dozens of protesters marching outside the agencyâs offices in San Francisco after  Homan  spoke chanted  âShut down ICE!â David Chiu  a Democratic state assemblyman  said Trump âhas declared war on our immigrant communities.â
 Homan   in announcing the arrests late Tuesday  renewed  his  warning that Californiaâs limits on cooperating with ICE in local jails will lead to a bigger presence of immigration agents on the streets.
[TGT] told Fox News that the mayorâs warning on Twitter was âbeyond the paleâ and compared her to a gang lookout who tells people when a police car is arriving.   [TGT] said the Justice Department is looking into whether Schaaf obstructed justice.
It was unclear how many people would have eluded capture without the mayorâs warning  but   [TGT] squarely blamed   [TGT]   for 800 and said   [TGT]   actions jeopardized officer safety.
âThereâs over 800 significant public safety threat criminals  these are people who are here illegally and committed yet another crime  been convicted of a crime â  [TGT]  told Fox. â She  gave them warning  and thereâs 800 that we were unable to locate because of that warning  so that communityâs a lot less safe than it would have been.â
 Homan âs statement of 800 missed targets â plus the 150 arrests â in only three days suggests an unusually large operation by the agencyâs standards. Two weeks ago  it arrested 212 in a five-day operation in the Los Angeles area. A Texas operation in February resulted in 145 arrests over seven days.
Asked about   [TGT] likening  [TGT]  to a gang lookout   [TGT]  said the âTrump administration is trying to distract the American people  convince them that these immigrants are dangerous people. That could not be further from the truth and it is based in racism.â
The warring words are the latest sign of escalating tension between California officials and the Trump administration over immigration enforcement and âsanctuaryâ jurisdictions.   [TGT] vowed that immigration agents would have a stronger presence in California since a state law took effect in January to sharply limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Dozens of protesters marching outside the agencyâs offices in San Francisco after   [TGT] spoke chanted  âShut down ICE!â David Chiu  a Democratic state assemblyman  said Trump âhas declared war on our immigrant communities.â
  [TGT] in announcing the arrests late Tuesday  renewed   [TGT]   warning that Californiaâs limits on cooperating with ICE in local jails will lead to a bigger presence of immigration agents on the streets.