Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) responded to Tom Homan‘s warning on Sunday that obstructing immigration enforcement would lead to an arrest of “anybody,” telling the border czar to come arrest him.
“Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy. I don’t give a damn,” Newsom told NBC News on Sunday night.
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The California governor defended the illegal immigrant population of Los Angeles, which was targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a wave of raids late last week, spurring the violent protests across the city.
Newsom said Homan needs to leave alone the “poor people just trying to live their lives,” and insisted that the state needs to “push back” against the Trump administration, which has sought to control the law enforcement response to the protests.
“These guys need to grow up. They need to stop, and we need to push back,” the California governor said. “And I’m sorry to be so clear, but that kind of bloviating is exhausting. So, Tom, arrest me. Let’s go.”
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Newsom has been critical of the Trump administration’s move to deploy the National Guard to the area, which he sees as unnecessary given the state’s resources. On Sunday, he claimed President Donald Trump has “manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions” as the protests continue into the night.
Earlier on Sunday, he requested that the administration revoke its deployment order, deeming it “unlawful.”