LAPD Chief Tells Newsom Where He Can Stick His New Anti-ICE Law

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From a public safety standpoint for anybody in that environment

Potentially you have a crowd that could be agitated and trying to get their point across,” he added. “And then you have the ICE agents who are doing their job. And for us to come in then and try and create an enforcement action for wearing a mask, it’s not a safe way to do business.

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That blunt refusal exposes the truth Newsom doesn’t want voters to see: his immigration stunts don’t survive contact with actual law enforcement professionals. They look good on cable news. They poll well with activists.

But they fall apart the moment someone responsible for public safety has to enforce them.