Lankford: Trump Is Trying To “De-Escalate” ICE Clashes

The Hill reports:

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said President Trump’s decision to deploy 2,000 National Guardsmen to the Los Angeles area without a governor’s signoff is an effort to “de-escalate” the situation. “I think what President Trump’s trying to do is pretty clear. He’s trying to de-escalate all the tensions that are there,” he said.

“What President Trump is trying to do is say, ‘This is not going to take weeks this time. We’re not going to allow this to be able to spiral out of control,’” Lankford said. “If someone violates the law, no matter what state that they’re in, they’re in violation of a federal law, they should face consequences for that,” he continued.

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Lankford: “This is an American city, and to be able to have an American city where we have people literally flying Mexican flags and saying ‘you cannot arrest us’ cannot be allowed.” pic.twitter.com/HRGq4ILy9N

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 8, 2025

WELKER: The Constitution does say that all persons in the US are entitled to due process. It doesn’t make a decision about citizenship.

LANKFORD: Literally reading to them the statute and saying ‘this is what you violated’ does count as due process depending on how they entered… pic.twitter.com/W0kikEPnWk

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 8, 2025

Q: “Would you support mobilizing the Marines and do you think Congress would need to sign off on that first?”

Sen. Lankford: “Active duty marines are not going to be put into local law enforcement…Local law enforcement should take care of this.” pic.twitter.com/K7Xuq2Krkc

— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) June 8, 2025