Trump, in statement full of falsehoods, calls Schaaf’s immigration warning ‘a disgrace’
President Trump on Thursday called Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s public warning before an immigration enforcement operation “a disgrace,” while making a series of false statements about Schaaf and the sweep.
Trump stated, incorrectly, that 150 people had been arrested during the four-day U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Northern California that began Feb. 25. In fact, ICE officials reported making 232 arrests.
The president said Schaaf had, in her Feb. 24 warning, told undocumented immigrants to “scatter” and “get out of here.” Schaaf did not use those words.