In a stunning blow to California Governor Gavin Newsom's sanctuary state agenda, the Los Angeles Police Department Chief has refused to enforce the state's anti-ICE law, opening the door for President Trump's mass deportation operations to proceed unimpeded in America's second-largest city.
The LAPD chief's decision represents a seismic crack in California's united front against federal immigration enforcement – and it couldn't come at a worse time for Newsom, who has positioned himself as the face of resistance to Trump's America First agenda.
While Newsom inherited California's sanctuary state designation from his predecessor Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown in 2017, he has doubled down on the anti-enforcement policies, creating a safe haven for illegal immigrants while law-abiding Americans suffer from rising crime and diminished resources.
But the LAPD chief apparently got the memo that there's a new sheriff in town – and his name is Donald J. Trump.
Patriots vs. The Resistance
This rebellion against Sacramento's virtue signaling comes as President Trump has launched the most aggressive deportation campaign in American history. ICE agents are finally free to do their jobs after four years of being handcuffed by the Biden regime's open-border policies.
The chief's decision sends a clear message: local law enforcement is tired of being forced to choose between following federal law and appeasing progressive politicians who care more about illegal immigrants than their own citizens.
"We will not be complicit in harboring criminals who have no right to be in this country," a law enforcement source told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Newsom's office has remained conspicuously silent about this act of defiance, likely scrambling to figure out how to spin this major embarrassment. After all, if he can't even control his own state's largest police department, what does that say about his leadership?
This is what winning looks like, Patriots. When local law enforcement chooses to side with President Trump over their own governor, you know the tide has turned. The question now is: which other California police chiefs will follow suit and put America First?