Now, before I start reading this article I want to let you guys know that you have to listen to the end of the article.
because I will be reading off California and Los Angeles crime statistics.. which is very relevant to what Trump is going to be saying and proves his point.
President Trump said Thursday that he has become so frustrated with California's "lousy management job" in cracking down on illegal immigration that he's thinking about removing federal immigration officials from the state.
Trump did not elaborate on his remarks, but his comments made the rounds on social media.
"If we ever pulled our ICE out, if we ever said, 'Hey, let California alone, let them figure it out for themselves,' in two months they'd be begging for us to come back," Trump said during a
roundtable discussion about school shootings Thursday with state and local officials. "They would be begging. And you know what, I'm thinking about doing it."
In December, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law, forbidding local authorities from asking about immigration
status during routine interactions or doing the work of immigration agents. The governor has stated that the law does not prevent or prohibit federal officials from doing their jobs.
Trump has pledged to rid the country of such sanctuaries, pointing to scattered examples of undocumented immigrants who have committed
violent crimes, and the Department of Justice has threatened to cut off millions of dollars in federal public safety grants to cities and jurisdictions that harbor undocumented immigrants.
"If I wanted to pull our people from California, you would have a crime mess like you've never seen in California," Trump said. "All I'd have to do is to say, 'ICE and Border Patrol, leave California alone.'
You'd be inundated. You would see crime like no one's ever seen crime in this country. And yet we get no help from the state of California.
They're doing a lousy management job, they have the highest taxes in the nation, and they don't know what's happening out there."
The president's comment, as expected, angered Californians.
Now according to the Los Angeles Times, over 500 people have been arrested and detained by ICE in California in the period of several days.
Experts say that the arrests seem to signal a willingness by federal authorities to do battle with the liberal paradise of California, which has passed a so-called "sanctuary state" law.
In another news release, ICE noted that almost 90 percent of the individuals arrested had prior convictions.
Since Trump took office in January 2017, his administration has ratcheted up enforcement of immigration laws -- clashing with the liberal policies of California.
Last month, U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, both California Democrats, sent a joint letter to ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan, requesting detailed information on rumored upcoming raids in California
"Diverting resources in an effort to punish California and score political points is an abhorrent abuse of power, not to mention a terrible misuse of scarce resources," the letter read in part.
"We don't conduct raids," Homan said during an interview with Fox News. "We conduct targeted enforcement operations.
We don't go into neighborhoods, knocking on a bunch of doors, looking for people that are different than us."
Trump did not elaborate on his remarks, but his comments made the rounds on social media.
Feinstein tweeted: "The president's obsession with California is growing more outrageous by the day. His attacks are not only mean-spirited, they're patently false."
Okay! now on to some California and Los Angeles crime statistics..
Starting with California's violent crime rate is higher than the national rate of 386 and ranks 15th among all states.
In 2016, 60% of reported violent crimes in California were aggravated assaults, 31% were robberies, 8% were rapes, and 1% were homicides.
And now for Los Angeles
For the second year in a row, violent crime is up in Los Angeles. Through March, homicides rose 24 percent compared to the same period last year.
Overall, violent crime – which includes homicides, robbery, aggravated assaults and rape – is up 13.4 percent, according to LAPD data..
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