Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) for the most recent group of immigrants to enter his city via the Pacific Ocean.

After the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 21 immigrants headed for California, O’Neill took to Fox News’s The Faulkner Focus on Tuesday to rail against the state’s sanctuary status. In this case, these immigrants were handed off to Customs and Border Protection to be properly processed and likely deported, something O’Neill said local law enforcement is “handcuffed” from doing due to Newsom’s policies.

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