The Los Angeles City Council last week unanimously voted to become a “sanctuary city” this year, reducing the city's aid to federal immigration authorities, despite the arrests of large numbers of undocumented immigrants for violent crimes and even violence against children. I firmly stopped it.
Last Tuesday's 13-0 vote comes weeks after President-elect Donald Trump's victory at the ballot box, and the same year that dozens of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers were arrested. It took place in the same year that illegal immigrants were busted. Arrests made in the Los Angeles metropolitan area for murder, manslaughter and child assault.
Los Angeles ERO has arrested 1,263 illegal immigrants in the metropolitan area so far this year, 715 of whom have been convicted, according to ICE data. The agency collected 19,726 non-citizens from 2021 to 2024, of whom 7,255, or about 36%, had criminal records.
Among them are 26 undocumented immigrants charged with or convicted of murder, manslaughter and child assault who were arrested in the Los Angeles area during a nationwide operation from January 16 to 28. ICE said it included people.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody during a targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles, California, in February 2017. (Courtesy Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Reuters)
Among them was a 47-year-old Mexican national who was wanted in the country for human trafficking, specifically recruitment for the purpose of sexual exploitation. A 36-year-old Mexican citizen living in Harbor City is wanted in his home country on suspicion of murder in connection with the robbery of the victim. and a 39-year-old Salvadoran man who had already been convicted of forcible sexual intercourse with a victim under the age of 14.
“The men and women of ERO Los Angeles are mission-driven and dedicated to the safety of their communities and neighborhoods,” Ernesto Santa Cruz, acting ERO Los Angeles Field Office Director, said in a January press release. “The results of this operation are another example of their continued professionalism, integrity, and dedication to defending our homeland.”
On February 1, authorities arrested a 27-year-old Salvadoran man living in Los Angeles who was convicted in a U.S. court of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 and possession of child pornography. .
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Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, is accused of attacking a woman and her daughter in Los Angeles in 2023 and then killing Rachel Morin in Maryland. (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/Getty Images)
Between January 23 and February 6, authorities arrested 16 additional noncitizens, some of whom had final removal orders, and all of whom were charged with possession of methamphetamine, fentanyl, or heroin or He was wanted on suspicion of smuggling.
Among them was a 41-year-old Mexican man who was convicted in Orange County in 2017 on a felony charge of selling cocaine/amphetamines. Another 41-year-old Mexican was previously convicted of methamphetamine possession and deported in 2006, but was picked up again by authorities.
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Los Angeles-based attorney Leo Terrell told Fox News Digital that by establishing Los Angeles as a sanctuary against the federal government, the city is “basically protecting criminals from deportation.” “It serves as a magnet for criminals,'' he said. ”
“Think about who will run. [sanctuary cities like] LA and Boston? “Criminals have protection from the government,” Terrell said. “This is a signal to illegal aliens who have committed crimes to flee to Los Angeles.”
The Los Angeles City Council did not respond to requests for comment.
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The agency said ICE “focuses on apprehending noncitizens who have committed crimes” and “those who pose a threat to national security, public safety, and border security.”
This includes immigrants facing final deportation orders or court-ordered deportation orders by U.S. judges, about 1.4 million of them in the country.
The attorney said the federal government's powers supersede those of the city, and that the federal government “may file a federal lawsuit to determine the constitutionality of a sanctuary city if it interferes with federal rights.” Ta.
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He also said the decision could put law-abiding citizens at risk.
“The city will have the information and may jail some of the convicted illegal aliens.” [and not share that information with federal authorities]“What this requires is that federal authorities have to go out into the community with weapons to remove these criminals… even though they may be in city jails; [L.A.’s] An alleged lack of cooperation would make the federal government's job more dangerous. [and] It would put the lives of nearby residents at risk. ”
