On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to formally make the city a “sanctuary city” that will defy federal law enforcement and shield illegal aliens, including criminals, from deportation.
As reported by Fox News, the measure passed unanimously, with all 13 council members voting in favor. The draft ordinance was released last week by City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto, with the support of Mayor Karen Bass (D-Calif.). The new law says that the city will forbid the use of city resources in aiding federal enforcement of immigration laws, including arrests and deportations.
California as a whole has been a “sanctuary state” since 2017, when the Democratic legislature and then-Governor Jerry Brown (D-Calif.) passed SB 54. It has since become a hive of illegal aliens, which has resulted in an artificial increase in the size of the state’s population, as well as a spike in crime, homelessness, drug use, and disease.
Sanctuary jurisdictions often do not inform federal authorities of when illegals have been apprehended, even if they have committed additional crimes since entering the country illegally. These states and localities usually release such…
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