Gavin Newsom speaks about the California national guard and California highway patrol seizing illicit drugs during a press conference at an airport in San Diego, California, on 2 February 2026. atrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesGavin Newsom speaks about the California national guard and California highway patrol seizing illicit drugs during a press conference at an airport in San Diego, California, on 2 February 2026. atrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesNewsom debunks DHS claim about California releasing undocumented criminals from prisonCalifornia governor accused the administration of trying to ‘distract’ from Trump posting a racist video of the ObamasCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom debunked a claim by senior Trump officials that his state plans to release more than 33,000 undocumented criminals from its jails. On Friday, Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, posted on X that “California is getting ready to free up to 33 thousand criminal illegal aliens.”Miller’s post referred to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which announced that the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Todd Lyons, had urged the California attorney general Rob Bonta to honor arrest detainers for 33,000 undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions held in the state’s prison. Video with racist imagery of Obamas taken down from Trump’s social media after Democratic outrageRead more“Criminal illegal aliens should not be released from jails back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.
