ICE Spokesman Quits Over Leaders' Use Of 'Misleading Facts' To Discuss Calif. Arrests

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ICE Spokesman Quits Over Leaders' Use Of 'Misleading Facts' To Discuss Calif. Arrests

James Schwab has resigned from his job as a Department of Homeland Security spokesman, saying he didn't agree with Trump administration officials' use of "misleading facts" to attack Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf after the mayor issued a warning about an immigration sweep in late February.

"I quit because I didn't want to perpetuate misleading facts," Schwab told the San Francisco Chronicle. "I asked them to change the information. I told them that the information was wrong, they asked me to deflect, and I didn't agree with that. Then I took some time and I quit."

In that four-day sweep through Northern California, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers arrested 232 people — but high-level federal officials, including President Trump, said Schaaf was to blame for 864 more people not being arrested. They pointed to her public warning of a pending wide-scale raid, which she issued on Feb. 24, just as the operation was about to begin...

"I'm proud to live in a country where everyone can criticize elected officials," said Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, after President Trump said her actions were "a disgrace."

"I didn't feel like fabricating the truth to defend ourselves against [the mayor's] actions was the way to go about it," Schwab told the Chronicle. "We were never going to pick up that many people. To say that 100 percent are dangerous criminals on the street, or that those people weren't picked up because of the misguided actions of the mayor, is just wrong."


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[awesomerwb1]

1. Crazy shite

James Schwab: ""I asked them to change the information. I told them that the information was wrong, they asked me to deflect, and I didn't agree with that. Then I took some time and I quit."

Good for him. Unfortunately there are many people who'll be willing to do what it takes to hurt immigrants and brown people.

Wonder who "they" is? Did it come directly from the DHS secretary?

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5. 'members of the Trump administration including Attorney General Jeff Sessions'

Link to tweet

https://t.co/j5MgAuLVfq

[awesomerwb1]

6. Thank you! nt

[dalton99a]

7. +1

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2. This is important

Get thee to the greatest page

They are pushing fascist propaganda on steroids

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3. a break in the wall

[malaise]

4. Yep

A good break