'It's Quite Simple': Karoline Leavitt Puts Sanctuary Cities On Notice As Trump Signs Executive Order

At a press briefing, Karoline Leavitt was asked about President Trump's executive order targeting sanctuary cities.

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00:00Question. Regarding the executive order on sanctuary cities, is the administration

00:05planning to pursue any more investigations or prosecutions like was done against the judge in

00:10Wisconsin against local officials? Well, we'd have to defer you to the Department of Justice,

00:16obviously, for specific prosecutions or cases against individuals. But as I said in my remarks,

00:22the executive order the president will sign later this afternoon does direct the attorney general

00:26and also Kristi Noem, our great secretary of Homeland Security, to provide a list of sanctuary

00:32cities in which local officials are not complying with this federal order and are not complying with

00:39federal immigration laws. It's quite simple. Obey the law, respect the law, and don't obstruct

00:45federal immigration officials and law enforcement officials when they are simply trying to remove

00:50public safety threats from our nation's communities. The American public don't want illegal alien

00:56criminals in their communities. They made that quite clear on November 5th. And this administration

01:00is determined to enforce our nation's immigration laws. And we're happy to provide the text of that

01:05executive order. And as I said, the president will be signing it later this afternoon. Sure.