Trump pressured Nielsen to release detained immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities

[spanone]

This man is fucked up in the head.

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration pressured the Department of Homeland Security to release immigrants detained at the southern border into so-called sanctuary cities in part to retaliate against Democrats who oppose President Donald Trump's plans for a border wall, a source familiar with the discussions told CNN on Thursday.

Trump personally pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to follow through on the plan, the source said. Nielsen resisted and the DHS legal team eventually produced an analysis that killed the plan, which was first reported by The Washington Post.

The proposal is another example of Trump's willingness to enact hardline immigration policies to deliver on border security, a key issue for his political base. Thursday's reports come as the President has amplified his rhetoric on illegal immigration in recent weeks, even threatening to close the southern border if Congress and Mexico don't take action.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller urged senior DHS officials to make the plan a reality, the source said. The plan finally died after Miller and other White House officials pushed it in February, according to the source.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/politics/immigrant-detainees-sanctuary-cities/index.html

[JDC]

1. I wouldn't call that a "hardline" policy. It's just a shitty thing to do

It's like bussing homeless to other cities you don't like as your "policy to clean up your own town."

He really is a shit person.

[real Cannabis calm]

5. We could bus them to Mar Largo

[orangecrush]

2. Unhinged

Ready for impeachment YET???

[Mc Mike]

3. When a Dem is in charge of the country,

if a natural disaster strikes a red area, the Dems help that area, because we're all Americans.

When a repug is in charge, if a natural disaster hits a blue area, the repugs don't help, but pile on to hurt the area, because there's nobody they hate more than Americans who disagree with them politically. Those fellow Americans are at the top of the repugs' enemies list. Frankly, they behave treasonously.

This is just an extension of that standard operating procedure. They're in charge, so they'll actually use the government to attack blue area Americans, their biggest enemies.

All those blue area cities would welcome the chance to host and help those asylum seekers. But the repugs want to saddle us with obligations and oversight, no power or finances to help those people.

[malaise]

4. This should be the biggest story in the USA

This sociopath aka the vile MAGAcretin makes Atwater look like a peacemaker.
He will stop at nothing.

[spanone]

6. I agree. A pure example of what a piece of shit trump is.

[BurntPickle]

7. I say welcome them.

Show them compassion. That's what sanctuary cities are all about. This is an amazing opportunity to step up and put our money where our mouths are.

[lunatica]

8. I agree with you!

Welcome to DU!

Evidently he’s convinced himself that families with children seeking asylum here are the criminals he keeps screeching about. Does idiot Trump think little kids are going to go around raping and dealing drugs? Obviously he’s falling for his own propaganda.