California governor hopeful Rep. Eric Swalwell vowed to strip Immigration Customs Enforcement officers of their driver’s licenses in a candidates forum — even though the state grants licenses to illegal immigrants.
“They’re going to lose their immunity, they’re not gonna be able to drive. I will take your driver’s license. Good luck walking to work, a–holes,” Swalwell said at the Empowerment Congress California Governor Forum Saturday.
Swalwell’s pledge to strip ICE officers of their ability to drive legally would create an odd landscape in California, where illegal immigrants are granted driver’s licenses but federal law enforcement would have theirs revoked.
Former California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that allowed illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses in 2013, and the law went into effect two years later.
“There’s only one side of the ball to be on, on behalf of Californians when it comes to ICE, and it’s offense,” Swalwell said at the forum, which was also attended by other California gubernatorial candidates such as Rep. Katie Porter.
The California rep. went on to state that he would direct local law enforcement to use “every power” to prosecute ICE officers.
“I will direct law enforcement to use every power to prosecute [ICE officers] for battery, false imprisonment and murder,” Swalwell said.
Immigration activists have been attempting to sabotage and combat ICE as it has stepped up its enforcement efforts around the country since President Trump returned to office.
Nationwide protests broke out after an ICE agent gunned down a woman who drove at him in her SUV in Minneapolis.
Swalwell introduced federal legislation two days after the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis to strip ICE officers of their qualified immunity, alongside Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) called the ICE OUT Act. Ross is unlikely to be prosecuted in connection to Good’s death, according to a report.
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