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   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   Since January 2026, sanctuary policies under Newsom have led to the   
   release of 4,561 criminal illegal aliens into California communities   
      
   In a blistering statement released Monday, the U.S. Department of   
   Homeland Security (DHS) condemned California Governor Gavin Newsom for   
   pardoning Somboon Phaymany, a Cambodian national and illegal alien   
   convicted of attempted murder and assault with a firearm — crimes that   
   stripped him of his green card and triggered a final order of removal.   
      
   Newsom pardoning an illegal alien convicted of attempted murder, so he   
   can remain in our country, is absolute INSANITY. These are the criminal   
   illegal aliens he and his sanctuary politicians are protecting. He is   
   putting the lives of all Americans at risk.”   
      
   Phaymany, who entered the U.S. legally but lost his green card after his   
   convictions, was sentenced in 1997 in San Diego to 14 years to life for   
   10 counts of premeditated attempted murder, assault with a   
   semi-automatic firearm, assault with a firearm, and conspiracy to commit   
   assault with a firearm. The crimes stemmed from a gang-related drive-by   
   shooting when he was 19. An immigration judge issued a final removal   
   order against him in 2019.   
      
   Newsom’s pardon erases those qualifying convictions for immigration   
   purposes, allowing Phaymany to reopen proceedings and remain in   
   California communities rather than face deportation by ICE.   
      
   This is not an isolated incident. As the California Globe previously   
   reported in February, DHS and ICE urged Newsom and Attorney General Rob   
   Bonta to honor more than 33,000 active ICE detainers for criminal   
   illegal aliens in California custody — a direct plea to stop the   
   revolving door of releases that endangers public safety.   
      
   Since January 2026, sanctuary policies under Newsom have led to the   
   release of 4,561 criminal illegal aliens into California communities,   
   including individuals with convictions or charges for 31 homicides, 661   
   assaults, and hundreds of other violent and serious offenses, according   
   to DHS data.   
      
   This pardon fits a disturbing pattern of California’s obstruction of   
   federal immigration enforcement. In December 2025, DHS launched its   
   “Worst of the Worst” webpage highlighting criminal aliens arrested by   
   ICE, with California accounting for thousands of entries.   
      
   Just last week, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass escalated the standoff by   
   banning ICE from staging operations on city property.   
      
   Federal courts continue to push back against California’s   
   against the state’s discriminatory mask ban on federal agents, and the   
   Ninth Circuit blocked the state’s entire “No Secret Police Act” in major   
   victories for the Trump DOJ.   
      
   sanctuary state policies prioritize criminal illegal aliens over   
   law-abiding residents. With President Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi   
   Noem ramping up enforcement, this pardon is yet another example of   
   Sacramento Democrats choosing chaos over safety.   
      
   https://californiaglobe.com/fl/newsom-pardons-convicted-attempted-murder-   
   illegal-alien-shields-him-from-deportation/   
      
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