A hot mic revealed what was meant to be a secret conversation between Sacramento, California, leaders on how to muzzle agitated opponents at a city council meeting that descended into chaos earlier this week.
Republican candidates battling it out in the race to become California’s next governor may have provided insight at their spring convention into the enthusiasm among California Republicans for opposing “sanctuary” laws.
Huntington Beach’s City Council voted on Monday evening to sue California over its SB 54 “sanctuary state” law, becoming the latest Orange County city to join the anti-sanctuary revolt.
San Diego County and the city of Escondido in the coming weeks will also reportedly consider defying California’s “sanctuary state” laws, following Los Alamitos and Orange County.
The author of California’s most prominent “sanctuary state” law (SB 54) claimed that Orange County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to join the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California this week to court the approval of a “racist” president.
Following the passage of California’s SB54 “sanctuary” law, Border Patrol agents were reportedly forced to release a suspected drunk driver after local police refused to take them into custody.
HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas-based amnesty group called the plan by President Donald Trump to tie border security and immigration enforcement to a congressional bill to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program a “ransom note.” The group demands a clean bill issuing amnesty to approximately 800,000 of the so-called “DREAMers.”
The move by the State of California to provide statewide sanctuary to illegal aliens is dangerous and reckless, says the National Sheriffs Association. The law signed by Governor Jerry Brown blocks police from inquiring about the immigration status of suspects or from assisting federal immigration officers in the performance of their duties.
A California Sheriff said this week that the Democrat-sponsored “sanctuary state” bill — barring all local law enforcement statewide from cooperating with federal immigration authorities — is “all about sticking it to Trump.”
The Democrat-controlled California Legislature moved forward last week to make California a “sanctuary state,” in spite of a White House threat to cut off federal funds if it did so.
In a pre-Super Bowl interview on Sunday President Donald Trump called potential “sanctuary state” California “out of control,” threatening to withhold federal funds if sanctuary cities continue or the state as a whole institutes sanctuary immigration policies.
