Vice President Mike Pence called the mayor of Oakland, Calif., “disgraceful” Monday following her recent warnings to illegal immigrants that federal immigration raids would be taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“Look, the mayor’s actions are disgraceful on a couple of levels. She is setting aside her oath of office to uphold the law of the land and the rule of law,” Pence told Sean Hannity during his Fox News show Monday evening.
“Secondly, I spoke to the attorney general about this … the majority of the individuals targeted by I.C.E. had a criminal record. So for the mayor of Oakland to warn them in advance of the actions by I.C.E. personnel put the law enforcement officers at risk,” the vice president added.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week also criticized Mayor Libby Schaaf for “endangering” the lives of law enforcement officers.
“Her actions support those who flout our laws and boldly validate the illegality,” Sessions said, adding, “How dare you. How dare you needlessly endanger the lives of law enforcement just to promote your radical open-borders agenda.”
Schaaf, Oakland’s Democratic mayor since 2015, has been under fire since she sent out a warning in February that federal immigration raids were imminent in Northern California.
