The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to formally adopt a sanctuary city ordinance, weeks after President-elect Trump's victory and vows to implement large-scale deportations.
The 13-0 vote would prohibit Los Angeles from: Provide city resources and personnel to assist federal enforcement. immigration law.
City Attorney Heidi Feldstein Soto and Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a draft ordinance last week that was developed with the help of immigrant groups.
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In February 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a suspect while conducting a targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles, California. The agency's Boston office announced Wednesday that two men were taken into custody after warning the public about them. Through flyers. (Courtesy Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Reuters) (Courtesy Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Reuters)
Council members Hugo Sotomartínez and Monica Rodríguez, who chair the council's civil rights and public safety committees, asked for this from their respective jurisdictions to expedite a vote on the issue. exempted from the problem.
California has been a sanctuary state since 2017 with the passage of SB 54, which prohibits local law enforcement from using resources to investigate, detain, report, or arrest people for immigration violations.
At Tuesday's debate, many speakers pushed for sanctuary laws to protect immigrant communities from “unimaginable atrocities” that separate families and target immigrants who come to work in the United States. he claimed.
Some feared that resources given to help undocumented immigrants would be depleted, given that the city faces a mass homelessness and housing crisis.
Sanctuary cities typically do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities and refuse to accept detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which detains criminally illegal immigrants for deportation.
Often, such jurisdictions release suspects onto the streets without notifying ICE. Some reoffend, sometimes violently, before being rearrested.
Haitian immigrants reportedly fled Springfield, Ohio.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 2: View of Los Angeles City Hall. Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, California. (Irrfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
The vote comes after President-elect Trump campaigned on promises to tighten the southern border and mass deport millions of illegal immigrants, targeting criminals who have committed a variety of crimes. It will be held two weeks after defeating the president. After entering the United States illegally.
FOX News Digital has reached out to representatives of President Trump.
Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and anointed “border czar” by President Trump, previously said, “Mass deportations are necessary in the wake of the historic illegal immigration crisis.” ' he suggested. ”
“President Trump has made it clear that threats to public safety and threats to national security are his first priority. And that's the focus,” he told Fox News host Sean Hannity last week. We should,” he said.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an executive order in 2019 granting protections to immigrants. The city of Los Angeles follows sanctuary city guidelines, but the ordinance was never enacted into law. Additionally, the Los Angeles Police Department requires its officers not to inquire about the legal status of immigrants or make arrests related to their legal status.
Newly appointed Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell The ministry said it would not participate in immigration enforcement.
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Protesters are calling on Los Angeles city leaders to adopt a sanctuary city ordinance on Tuesday. (Fox Los Angeles)
The Los Angeles County Republican Party criticized the ordinance, arguing that sanctuary protections would protect criminals who entered the United States illegally.
“A country without secure borders is not a country at all. So-called 'sanctuary' cities and states may sound warm and fuzzy, but the protection they offer is just as important to the abuela (grandma) who buys the ice cream.” It's about people, not things. These are people who entered the country illegally and committed additional crimes,” LACGOP Communications Director Roseanne Hodge told FOX News Digital. “Whether it is drunk driving, robbery, sexual assault, assault or murder, nothing should go unpunished. Perpetrators should absolutely be protected by the large sums of money collected from hard-working taxpayers.” isn't it.”
If the city of Los Angeles wants to have prosperous, safe, clean streets and businesses in time for the Olympics, it must embrace the will of the people who threw out George Gascón and create public services for all. Maybe you can focus on safety. ” she added.
Following Trump's victory, officials around the country have announced delays in deportations.
President Donald Trump visits the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Otay Mesa, California, on September 18, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
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On Sunday, Boston's Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu said her city would not cooperate with the incoming Trump administration's deportation operations, even though many illegal immigrants in the area have been charged with crimes and released onto the streets. Ta.
Arizona's Democratic governor, Katie Hobbs, said she would not support the incoming administration's “misguided” plan to launch a mass deportation operation in Arizona, which voted for Mr. Trump.
Following this, California Governor Gavin Newsom also vowed to fight the incoming Trump administration.
“Whether it's fundamental civil rights, reproductive freedom or climate action, we refuse to turn back the clock or allow our values and laws to be attacked.” he said.
