Newsom Defends California Sanctuary Policies in Sit-Down With Ben Shapiro

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his state’s sanctuary policies and said California still works with federal immigration authorities on violent offenders during a sit-down with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Newsom’s podcast. Shapiro asked the Democratic governor why California maintains sanctuary protections and said the approach draws more illegal immigrants to the state. “It seems to me that there have been a number of deportations from red states, right, where there are governors and localities working with ICE,” Shapiro said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “California is a sanctuary state, which makes it much more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over information to ICE about deportation status. What’s the purpose of that?”...