Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump declared on Thursday he was considering withdrawing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from California as punishment for what he claimed was a "lousy management job" in patrolling illegal immigration. Frankly, if I pulled our people from California, you would have a crime nest like you've never seen in California. All I'd have to do is say 'ICE, Border Patrol, leave California alone,'" he said during a listening session at the White House. "You would see crime like nobody has ever seen crime in this country. They are doing a lousy management job," he went on to say.

Source: CNN February 22, 2018 18:24 UTC