United States Attorney for the District of California Bill Essayli is taking major action to crack down on “sanctuary” policies in the Golden State.
He’s launching “Operation Guardian Angel,” which is a task force, made up of assets from ICE, HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, to begin scanning a criminal database every single day to identify arrested illegal aliens in local jurisdictions that DOJ can charge with felony illegal-reentry.
EXCLUSIVE: We witnessed an incredibly rare sight in the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, as Twin Towers jail transferred an illegal alien inmate to ICE custody, not because sanctuary policies have changed, but because the jail is being *forced* to cooperate w/ ICE as part of a new… pic.twitter.com/j7DhevmVwr
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 19, 2025
“They’ve made it almost impossible for ICE to do their job, issue detainers and get criminal illegal immigrants out of jails. So what we’re doing instead is we’re going to start issuing warrants,” he told Fox News.
Here was that prior story. One of the most egregious sanctuary stories we've covered in recent memory. These aliens rap pages were 6 and 11 pages long respectively, and sanctuary policy protected them from ever being transferred to ICE in prior arrests.https://t.co/9gDMWiDgke
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 19, 2025
