Trump called Oakland mayor a ‘disgrace’ for revealing ICE raids. Then he did the same thing

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement fugitive operations team member outside the Montebello home of a 47-year-old Mexican national in Montebello, Calif., on April 18, 2017. When Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tipped residents off last year that immigration agents would be conducting enforcement operations, President Trump called her actions a “disgrace.” A Republican congressman from Iowa proposed criminal penalties for officials in so-called sanctuary cities who make similar disclosures. The acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director at the time, Thomas Homan, said Schaaf was “no better than a gang lookout yelling ‘police!’ when a police cruiser comes in the neighborhood.” Then, in the last month, Trump himself announced impending immigration operations over Twitter. “The Oakland mayor’s decision to publicize her suspicions about ICE operations further increased that risk for my officers and alerted criminal aliens — making clear that this reckless decision was based on her political agenda with the very federal laws that ICE is sworn to uphold,” Homan said in a statement at the time. The operations are expected to take place in 10 named cities across the U.S. Matthew D. Bourke, an ICE spokesman, would not confirm the pending operations or offer further details, citing “law enforcement sensitivities and the safety and security of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.” “As always, ICE prioritizes the arrest and removal of unlawfully present aliens who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security,” he said in a Thursday statement.