GOP's Brandon Gill says sanctuary governors like Newsom should face arrest for 'obstructing' ICE

EXCLUSIVE: A first-term House GOP firebrand is arguing that authorities governors who tally afoul of federal migration laws should beryllium arrested.

"I deliberation if they are openly flouting national instrumentality and obstructing national instrumentality enforcement, past that's thing we should consider," Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital Thursday.

Gill’s little interrogation occurred connected the sidelines of the House Oversight Committee’s high-profile sanctuary authorities proceeding with the Democratic governors of New York, Illinois and Minnesota.

Outside Washington, meanwhile, rioters successful Los Angeles person been facing disconnected with instrumentality enforcement arsenic California’s Democratic leaders impeach the Trump medication of escalating convulsive tensions. President Donald Trump and his allies, successful turn, assertion Gov. Gavin Newsom and others are flouting national migration law, which Newsom has denied.

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First-term U.S. Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, right, said anyone recovered breaking national migration instrumentality should beryllium arrested aft President Trump called for the apprehension of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left. (Getty Images)

Trump has called for Newsom to beryllium arrested, a declaration Democrats person panned arsenic authoritarian. 

But Gill suggested it was warranted if the progressive politician — oregon others similar him — were recovered to person breached immoderate laws.

"I deliberation if they're breaking the law, and they are obstructing national instrumentality enforcement of national immigration, past yes, they should beryllium [arrested]," Gill said.

"I don't deliberation that we should beryllium turning our cities into anarchic hellholes. And that's what's happening."

A spokesperson for Newsom told Fox News Digital successful effect to Gill’s comments, "Our authorities laws bash not struggle with immoderate national law. Period. Full stop."

Law enforcement officers apprehension protesters Wednesday, June 11, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

It’s a clash Newsom and Trump person seen before. In 2019, a national tribunal upheld the California Values Act, the state’s sanctuary law, against a situation from the Trump administration.

But there’s caller ineligible back-and-forth implicit Trump’s close to nonstop the National Guard into Los Angeles implicit Newsom’s objections.

A national justice ruled Thursday that Trump indispensable instrumentality power of the California National Guard to Newsom, but an appeals tribunal rapidly reversed that decision.

Gill’s absorption during the sanctuary authorities House Oversight Committee proceeding was aimed astatine Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who helium accused of being lax astir and adjacent supportive of amerciable immigration.

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He said Pritzker was successful favour of "welcoming" amerciable immigrants to the U.S., but the Illinois Democrat countered that helium was referring to asylum seekers.

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At 1 point, Pritzker said helium supported the request for national migration authorities, but Gill challenged him. 

"Your medication gave $12,000 to the Organized Communities Against Deportations, which conscionable this past period was marching successful the streets of Chicago with signs that accidental ‘Abolish ICE,'" Gill said.

"Is this a reflection of your motivation values?" Gill asked.

Pritzker replied, "I bash not enactment abolishing an migration force."