California Town Defies Jerry Brown, Opts Out Of “Sanctuary State” Law
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Wed, 03/21/2018
A suburban Southern California town has rebelled against California’s so-called “sanctuary” law (SB-54) designed to protect illegal immigrants from deportation by limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
The Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 after over two hours of heated testimony from local residents on both sides of the issue.
Los Alamitos leaders on Monday approved an ordinance that exempts their Orange County municipality from Senate Bill 54, a law that took effect Jan. 1 and restricts local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities. It marks a rare effort by a city to challenge the sanctuary movement, which has wide support among elected officials in left-leaning California. -LA Times
Mayor Troy Edgar joined council members Richard Murphy and Shelly Hasselbrink in support of the new local law – noting that California’s sanctuary law puts them at odds with the U.S. constitution, while councilman Mark Chirco voted against it – suggesting it would lead to litigation.
“I cannot see how passing this ordinance would be good for our city,” Chirco said.
“We disagree with Sacramento on a lot of things. Are we not going to follow state law every time we disagree with them?” he added. “I don’t think that would be prudent.”
One local Latino resident slammed California’s sanctuary state law – suggesting it would lead to the gutting of the middle class, ushering in communism.
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