Trump threatens to dump immigrants into California's sanctuary cities
by Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times
Apr 12, 2019
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump taunted California on Friday with an attention-grabbing threat to dump detained migrants into the state's sanctuary cities, despite warnings from his advisers that such action would run afoul of the law.
The presidential rhetoric seemed geared toward provocation, and it was unclear how seriously he intended it. Trump has made previous threats against the state, including one to withhold disaster relief money after devastating wildfires, without ultimately following through.
Trump both tweeted and spoke about the proposal after The Washington Post published a
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