In what has been described as a “blistering” House Judiciary Committee report, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Democratic leaders in California’s biggest cities are accused of ignoring nearly 9,000 ICE detainers, allowing violent criminals to run free. Oregon was also cited for similar actions.
The 22-page GOP-led report “paints a startling picture of California’s sanctuary city policies, accusing state and local officials of shielding dangerous immigrants from deportation,” the California Post noted.
“The investigation — led by Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) — uncovered thousands of rejected requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego,” the outlet said. “The report comes on the heels of Jordan and McClintock sending letters in June demanding records from police and sheriff’s departments in those areas.”
“Democrats in California and Oregon are so determined to keep criminal illegal aliens in the country that they’ll release them from custody even if they’ve committed murder. Right back into your city,” the official House Judiciary GOP X account stated, while sharing the reports.
WOW: Democrats in California and Oregon are so determined to keep criminal illegal aliens in the country that they’ll release them from custody even if they’ve committed murder. Right back into your city.
Could it get any crazier?
Sanctuary state Oregon isn’t worried about your safety and won’t work with ICE. But it is very worried what people may think if its officials even shake the hands of ICE officers.
The Democrats’ priories tell you everything you need to know.
Your safety comes last.
Illegal aliens with felonies is what matters to the Democrat party now.
Read our reports.
California: https://t.co/2dHlw7uY6m
Oregon: https://t.co/TqpzYUMwfT
— House Judiciary GOP
(@JudiciaryGOP) October 29, 2026
The illegal aliens included in the report had criminal histories involving homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, weapons offenses and child abuse, according to the Post.
“Because of California’s sanctuary policies, local law enforcement officers have been forced to release repeat and dangerous criminals onto California streets,” the report states.
The report details the consequences of one such action:
The effects of Los Angeles’s longstanding pro-criminal alien policies have been devastating. Herbert Nixon Flores, an illegal alien from El Salvador, “had been ordered removed and physically deported from the United States 10 times” since 1990. His criminal history “included carrying a concealed weapon, trespassing, burglary, disturbing the peace, possession and transportation of a controlled substance, impersonation, driving under the influence, driving without a license, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, vandalism, criminal threats and illegal entry.” On September 7, 2020, he was arrested “for a domestic violence with injury charge by [LAPD].” The next day, ICE lodged a detainer with LAPD, but local law enforcement released Nixon Flores onto California streets. Four months later, Nixon Flores murdered his ex-girlfriend in front of their young child.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
Los Angeles honored 4 of 4,177 ICE detainers. Four. These are people already sitting in a jail cell, and the city chose to open the door rather than make a phone call.
— David Strom (@DavidStrom) October 29, 2026
Democrats pass policies under the guise of “for your safety”. But on the other hand, they allow violent criminal aliens to roam free.
— William (@WilliamC773) October 29, 2026
Ignoring a detainer doesn’t stop the deportation. It just moves the arrest out of the jail.
A detainer asks the jail to hold someone up to 48 hours so ICE can take custody in a secure setting (8 CFR 287.7). Refuse it, and agents have to find the same person on the street, in a…
— Deron E. Smallcomb, Esq. (@DeronSmallcomb) October 29, 2026
The votes of the Democratic Party’s illegal aliens are more important than the lives and well-being of American citizens.
It’s as simple as that.
Joe Biden stole $1 trillion from the American taxpayer to flood the country with uneducated, unskilled, and non-English-speaking 3rd… pic.twitter.com/WWcSEV7Ebh
— AWS creates change (@PShannon30308) October 30, 2026
Back in February ICE said 33,179 people with active detainers were sitting in California jails. A detainer is just a heads-up call to pick a guy up. Sacramento keeps letting it ring to voicemail.
— Froggy (@FroggyUSA) October 29, 2026
