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Newsom debunks DHS claim about California releasing undocumented criminals from prison

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Gavin Newsom in San Diego, California, on 2 February. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

California governor Gavin Newsom debunked a claim by senior Trump officials that his state plans to release more than 33,000 undocumented criminals from its jails.

On Friday, Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, posted on X that “California is getting ready to free up to 33 thousand criminal illegal aliens”.

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