Homeland Security chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson Bennie Gordon ThompsonHouse panel pans ICE detention medical care, oversight Senate to hold nomination hearing for Wolf next week Hillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers MORE (D-Miss.) said Sunday that he sees no way for President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE's idea to transfer detained migrants to "sanctuary cities" to be legal.

“No I don’t," Thompson said on ABC's "This Week" when asked whether he sees any way proposal which Trump confirmed was being considered could be done legally.

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“More importantly, this is again his manufactured chaos that he has created over the last 2 years on the border.”

“Before Donald Trump took office, we had a situation that was manageable. We had spikes but it also went down. But what we have now is a constant pushing of the system so that it doesn’t work.”

"No, I don't," Rep. Bennie Thompson says when asked is he sees a way Trump's idea to transfer undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities could be legal.



"This is again, his manufactured chaos that he has created over the last 2 years on the border" https://t.co/QNl4j84pXc pic.twitter.com/tKJX711JTh — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 14, 2019

Trump said Friday that a proposal is under consideration to send detained immigrants to “sanctuary cities," cities which refuse to jail undocumented immigrants.

The Washington Post reported it was considered as a way to retaliate against Democrats for blocking Trump's aggressive immigration policies.

Immigration officials reportedly shot down the plan multiple times.

Democrats have widely condemned the proposed policy, saying that Trump is trying to use immigrants as "pawns."