Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s point man for mass deportations and border security, told Newsmax on Monday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, both Democrats, should be grateful for the administration’s efforts to take public safety threats off the streets.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted a series of raids last week in Los Angeles that led to the arrests of several illegal aliens, including Cuong Chanh Phan, a 49-year-old Vietnamese national whose criminal history includes a conviction for?second degree murder, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The raids sparked four days of widespread rioting that led to Trump activating California’s National Guard on Sunday and the Marines on Monday to quell the unrest in Los Angeles.

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