The city of Huntington Beach, a southern suburb of Los Angeles and Anaheim, is poised to become Donald Trump's deportation hub in California, breaking Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's loyalty to illegal immigrants.
City Attorney Michael Gates posted a video on his X account announcing that a proposal to declare the city a “non-sanctuary city” will be introduced at the next City Council meeting.
Gates added that the city could become a key hub for President Trump's deportation efforts.
“Huntington Beach is ready to declare itself a 'non-sanctuary city,'” Gates said in the video. “During the next City Council meeting on Tuesday, the City Council will be presented with an adopted proposal to declare the City ‘non-sanctuary status.’ This will require the City to coordinate and cooperate with federal agencies and fully utilize all available tools. “This means leveraging best practices to combat crime at both the local, state, and federal levels.” ”
Huntington Beach, about an hour southeast of Los Angeles, is suing the state of California, accusing Newsom and the state Legislature of violating the U.S. Constitution with the sanctuary state law and then forcing Huntington Beach to violate federal law. Follow state law.
The city filed the lawsuit last week, according to the National News Desk. reported.
“The conflicting laws enacted by the state present a 'Hobson's Choice' that is unacceptable to the City of Huntington Beach. For example, complying with a state's new sanctuary law while violating U.S. federal immigration law, or complying with federal immigration law but violating U.S. federal immigration law. Sanctuary State Law,” the city's lawsuit states. “This conflict must be resolved by this court.”
The suit added that the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause would necessarily require local and state laws to take precedence over federal law in cases involving immigration.
“The state cannot force the city to violate U.S. federal immigration law, which both the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court have found preempted under the Supremacy Clause,” the complaint states. There is.
The city also filed a lawsuit against the state to uphold a local voter ID law that the state invalidated.
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