House Democrats formally launch investigation into Trump administration's consideration of a controversial proposal to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities.
"These reports are alarming. Not only does the Administration lack the legal authority to transfer detainees in this manner, it is shocking that the President and senior Administration officials are even considering manipulating release decisions for purely political reasons," Reps. Jerry Nadler, Elijah Cummings, and Thompson wrote in a letter.
The committee, which is asking for any communications between November 2018 and April of 2019, asked the White House to respond to the request by May 3rd. In an interview on CNN Sunday, Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, disputed Trump's "absolute right" to carry out the policy. "The president has no right to spend money appropriated by Congress for other purposes to ship immigrants all over the country," he said.
He also said the committee had heard from whistle-blowers on the policy and expected his committee would question White House aide Steven Miller, the president's advisor most closely associated with his hardline views on immigration.
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