Stephen Miller criticizes California leaders on the priorities for reconstruction of forest fires

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass could have used their efforts to protect illegal immigrants to rebuild Los Angeles areas that were devastated by forest fires earlier this year, according to the deputy chief of the White House, Stephen Miller.

“For the number of efforts, the bass and the newspapers have devoted to criminal illegal foreigners, they could have fully rebuilt the palisades now with time and money to resell,” said Miller in an article on X on Sunday.

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The Deputy Chief of the White House, Stephen Miller, speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

Bass and Newsom attracted President Donald Trump’s anger in January after massive forest fires ravaged Los Angeles in January. More specifically, Trump accused the bass “gross incompetence” and said that Newsom should resign due to his state’s response to natural disaster.

In total, Los Angeles underwent around $ 28.0 billion and $ 53.8 billion in material damage due to fires, according to the Applied Economy Institute of Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.

Meanwhile, Trump and California leaders continued in Spar – especially after Trump has chosen to deploy and federate thousands of troops from the National Guard as well as hundreds of Marines in response to the riots of the who broke out in June, following the arrests of immigration and customs (ICE) in the city.

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President Donald Trump, Center, speaks like First Lady Melania Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom, listen to Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Friday January 24, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein / AP)

In response, Newsom castigated the Trump administration for the federalization of the National Guard, calling the decision “not undoubtedly to authoritarianism”.

The Los Angeles Municipal Council voted in November to establish Los Angeles as a sanctuary city, with the exception of city and staff resources to help the federal immigration application such as ice.

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The police were presented during a demonstration in Paramount, California, on Saturday June 7, 2025 after the federal immigration authorities carried out operations. (AP photo / Eric Thayer)

Miller also targeted Bass in a separate article on X on Sunday, in response to an interview she conducted with the New Yorker, where she said that “no city should have an unjustified federal crisis to be able”.

“According to the mayor of Los Angeles, his city is not part of the Federal Union, and it is free to import and subsidize the illegals of the infinity,” said Miller.

Newsom and Bass spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital.