<p>Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) said during an interview over the weekend that the state of California would not lift a finger to help the federal government remove dangerous illegal aliens from the streets of California.</p>
<p>Padilla made the remark during a Sunday CBS News interview on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Major Garrett when asked about President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s incoming border czar, Tom Homan, who has pledged to criminally prosecute those who do not cooperate with federal immigration officials.</p>
<p>&#8220;No state government, not Texas, not California, not any state in the nation, has a constitutional authority to impose federal immigration law,&#8221; Padilla said. &#8220;That is the responsibility of the federal government. Some states like Texas want to push the envelope and try to find a way to assist, but there&#8217;s no obligation to do so.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said that Democrat leaders in California were saying that &#8220;we&#8217;re not going to utilize state and local resources to do the federal government&#8217;s job for them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;California is the most populous state in the nation, the most diverse state in the nation, home to more immigrants than any state in the nation,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And the last thing you want to do is have immigrants who are victims of crime afraid to come forward to report that crime. The last thing you want is immigrants who may be witnesses to crime to be afraid to come forward and share any information that they have in the investigation and prosecution of crimes.&#8221;</p>
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<p>He said that there would not be conflict between federal and state officials &#8220;unless that&#8217;s what Trump wants&#8221; — even though Democrats have turned the entire state into a sanctuary jurisdiction.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Incoming Trump administration &#8220;border czar&#8221; Tom Homan has vowed any law enforcement that doesn&#8217;t cooperate with mass deportation efforts will be prosecuted under federal law. <a href="https://twitter.com/SenAlexPadilla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenAlexPadilla</a> (D-CA) &#8220;there&#8217;s no obligation&#8221; for California state and local officials to assist.… <a href="https://t.co/oxn04NSER5">pic.twitter.com/oxn04NSER5</a></p>
<p>— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1863262718444060969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2024</a></p></blockquote>

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