California Governor Jerry Brown has said the administration of US President Donald Trump is "full of liars” in response to reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions filing lawsuit challenging California's immigration laws.
The Democratic governor made the remarks on Wednesday as Sessions visited Sacramento where he later announced a federal lawsuit against California for its so-called sanctuary policies of non-cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Sessions also slammed California’s elected officials who support so-called sanctuary city policies as "extremists" promoting "open borders."
"Stop treating immigration agents differently from everybody else for the purpose of eviscerating border and immigration laws and advancing an open borders philosophy shared by only a few, the most radical extremists," Jerry Brown said.
Supporters of “sanctuary” policies contend that such laws make communities safer by allowing local police to cooperate with immigrant communities and focus time and resources on duties other than deportation.
In September, Trump said he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protected hundreds of thousands of young undocumented migrants, known as Dreamers, from deportation.
However, Trump gave Congress six months to develop a legislative solution to provide the path to citizenship for Dreamers. That deadline passed on Monday without Congress any action.
In denouncing Sessions' visit to the state's capital city as a "political stunt" that was full of "lies" and untruths, Brown hit at the attorney general personally and his relationship with Trump.
"I do think this is pure red meat for the base, and I would assume that Jeff thinks Donald will be happier with him and I bet Donald will be tweeting his joy with this stunt," California Governor said.
