San Diego County Officials Announce ‘Super’ Sanctuary Status, Sheriff’s Office Responds And Rejects Compliance

OAN Staff Blake Wolf
1:52 PM – Wednesday, December 11, 2024

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors seeks to become a “super” sanctuary county seeking to prohibit federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using county resources to assist in the deportation of criminal illegal immigrants. passed 3-1.

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The recent vote was an act of defiance against President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to enact the largest mass deportation campaign of illegal aliens in U.S. history.

The measure would place limits on county employees, jails and county buildings working with federal ICE agents.

“San Diego County has always been a place where communities are respected, not divided, and as County Supervisor, I am committed to leading a local government that upholds the law while promoting unity, equity, and justice for all.” We are working on this,” the county said. Chairman Nora Vargas.

“We will not allow community resources to be used for actions that separate families, undermine community trust, or divert critical community resources from addressing our most pressing challenges. Enforcement is the responsibility of the federal government, and our county will not be a tool for policies that harm our residents,” she continued.

The bill passed 3-1, with Supervisor Jim Desmond the only vote against it. Desmond denounced the board's vote as a “betrayal” of hard-working tax-paying San Diego County residents.

“Today’s outrageous decision to turn San Diego County into a ‘super’ sanctuary county is an affront to all law-abiding citizens who value safety and justice. A vote of 1 is a direct betrayal of the people we are sworn to protect,” Desmond said.

“This reckless measure not only goes far beyond California's already extreme sanctuary state law, but it actively endangers our communities by shielding illegal immigrant criminals from deportation. ” he continued.

Meanwhile, President Trump's new border czar, Tom Homan, warned that he would go after illegal criminal immigrants regardless of the city's sanctuary policy.

“We have bills in San Diego that Colorado and other states and cities are saying will stop us. [from] I'm doing what I'm doing. “We want to send a clear message,” Homan said.

“If you put us in jail, we can arrest the bad guys inside the jail and in the safety of the jail, even though one police officer can do it. , you put the community at risk when you put a threat to public safety back into the community. You put my officers at risk. You're putting the aliens at risk,” he said. continued.

“What's going to happen is, if you release that guy into the community, I'm going to send out a whole team to go look for that guy in your community. And what's going to happen? We'll find that guy. And when we find that guy, there's probably another guy that's not a priority,” Homan added.

Additionally, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office refused to comply with the county's updated policy.

“The Sheriff's Office does not intend to change its practices based on the board resolutions and policies passed at today's meeting. The Board of Supervisors does not set policy for the Sheriff's Office. As an independently elected official, he sets policies for the Sheriff's Office. California law prohibits the Board of Supervisors from interfering with the constitutionally mandated independent investigative functions of the sheriff, giving the sheriff the sole and exclusive authority to operate the county jail. It is clear that he has,” the sheriff's office said in a statement.