Homeland Security said on Monday that the agency would consider arresting Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after she showed up and attempted to interfere with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducting raids in the city this week.
In an interview with guest host Charlie Hurt on Monday’s edition of “Hannity” on Fox News, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said the department was keeping all options “on the table.”
“When you have scenes like you did out in L.A. today where you have the mayor, Karen Bass, interfering with official federal officer proceedings, trying to enforce the laws that are put on the books by members of members of Congress, are you all hesitant to go out and rest her or has all of this behavior not reach that threshold yet?” Hurt asked.
“We are keeping everything on the table, but I want to ask Karen Bass, who is she protecting? Is it the gang members we are going after, or the child, or the drug traffickers? Which of the violent criminals who are terrorizing Los Angeles streets is she trying to protect, because it is not American citizens or her own constituents.
“We know that in the past 150 days under President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem, we’ve arrested almost 600 known or suspected terrorists,” McLaughlin continued, as well as “2,700 members of Tren de Aragua. And for viewers who are not familiar, they are a vicious, highly sophisticated gang who kills, rapes, and maims Americans for sport.”
She added: “They enrich themselves by sex trafficking young women. They have walked with impunity on America’s streets for four years, and under President Trump, no more.”
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