(NewsNation) — The U.S. Border Patrol said on X that it was not turning over a person who had an active warrant in California because of the state’s sanctuary policies.
Border Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino indicated in the post that the unidentified man had overstayed a visa.
“He is a criminal alien that has an active warrant out of Monterey Park, CA for Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Due to sanctuary policies in CA, we aren’t turning him over to local authorities because as we’ve seen many times, this criminal illegal alien will be released back into the country,” the post said.
According to the post, the man is being deported back to his home country.
The Trump administration has been at odds with California and other Democrat-run cities and states over sanctuary policies that limit how much local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
In Los Angeles, protests against immigration raids led to President Donald Trump federalizing the National Guard and deploying Marines to the city.
Trump has said the move was necessary to protect the city.
Officials in California have strongly pushed back on that sentiment, noting that local authorities had things under control and that it was federal actions, including immigration raids, that led to the protests in the first place.
Trump made mass deportations a key component of his campaign. He has recently put pressure on authorities to increase efforts to detain people in the country illegally, giving Immigration and Customs Enforcement a quota of 3,000 arrests per day.
The administration has faced legal challenges over the deportations and the lack of due process given to detainees. In some cases, the administration has had to return people who were deported in violation of court orders. American citizens have also been seized by agents during raids.