SFGATE: Warning of ICE sweep, Schaaf takes Trump resistance to new level

Warning of ICE sweep, Schaaf takes Trump resistance to new level
Published on February 25, 2018 at 08:48PM by By Kimberly Veklerov
The relationship between U.S. immigration officials and California’s liberal leaders soured long ago, but Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s decision to warn potential targets of federal arrest that an immigration sweep could be imminent was an extraordinary step — and one that is likely to ratchet up the conflict over local sanctuary policies. Schaaf issued the alert Saturday night after getting tips from what she described as “credible sources” in recent days that U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, known as ICE, was planning mass arrests in Oakland and across the Bay Area as soon as Sunday.
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