Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January, the Los Angeles City Council rushed to approve a “sanctuary city” ordinance on Tuesday.
The City Council passed the bill unanimously, with Councilman Hugo Sotomartínez (D) calling it a “very clear message that the city refuses to cooperate with ICE.” [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] in any case. ”
“It is not in the interest of public safety in Los Angeles or California.”
“We want people to feel protected, to be able to trust the government, and to empower women to report domestic violence and crimes,” Sotomartinez said.
The City Council will vote one last time on the ordinance before it becomes law. Mayor Karen Bass (D) has the power to veto the bill, but has already been vocal in her support. Associated Press Reported.
“There is a need for urgency right now. Protecting immigrants makes our communities stronger and our cities better,” Bass said.
The news organization said it remains to be seen whether the newly passed ordinance will have a significant impact, given that the Los Angeles Police Department has followed the rules for decades. special order 40a policy that prohibits police officers from asking questions about a person's immigration status or making arrests based on a person's immigration status.
Additionally, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell has vowed to protect illegal aliens. he said. KTTV He said this week that he can guarantee that he will not work with ICE to detain aliens who are in the country illegally.
“It's not in our interest. It's not in the interest of public safety in Los Angeles or California,” McDonnell argued.
The state also has protection policies in place to protect illegal immigrants from deportation.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said last week that he and other state leaders were working to “stop Trump” in the state.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta said“I can promise California's undocumented immigrant community that my team and I have been thinking about you and the harm that may come from the Trump Administration 2.0 for months. We can. We will do everything in our power to protect you. ”
The Trump administration's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, promises to deploy additional ICE officers to sanctuary jurisdictions to speed up deportations of criminally illegal immigrants, with or without cooperation from local authorities. did.
“If they're not going to help us, just double the staff in those cities. They don't want ICE agents in their neighborhoods, but they don't want ICE agents in their prisons. We won't tolerate it. They don't understand.'If they put us in jail, there will be less detectives in the neighborhood,'” Homan said.fox news live” Saturday.
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