With one proclamation signed earlier this month, President Donald Trump made his adviser Stephen Miller's dreams of restricting legal immigration a reality. When it goes into effect November 3, Trump's proclamation will make getting into the US much harder for immigrants sponsored by family members, the phenomenon Trump has excoriated as "chain migration."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's determination to resist President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration is now so out of control that it threatens the safety of his Golden State constituents. Perhaps more importantly, his action last week in pardoning three more convicts is an abuse of his clemency power and sets a dangerous precedent.