Sanctuary Status for State Could Protect Millions from Deportation
By Alberto Garcia
A new bill in the California Legislature could extent “sanctuary” status to the entire state to help protect millions of undocumented immigrant adults and children from deportation.
Senate Bill 54, authored by Senate President Kevin De Leon, from Los Angeles, would prohibit local police, and sheriff departments from investigating or reporting individuals’ immigration status, leaving that work exclusively to federal agencies.
The term “sanctuary” has been used by cities and counties throughout the country that have decided not to enforce immigration laws when dealing with people detained for petty offenses, traffic infractions, or other non-violent crimes. Political leaders and law enforcement officials in those cities and counties argue that creating fear of deportation reduces the effectiveness of community policing and reporting of crimes, including robberies, rapes, and domestic abus
A California sheriff’s deputy was killed and another deputy was wounded in a shootout with a suspect who gunned down a K-9 officer before he was fatally shot, authorities said.
“Stay away from downtown.”
The warning has gone out over social media platforms following last week’s seizure of the U.S. Capitol by an armed mob supporting outgoing president Donald Trump’s claim that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him.
National news entities have reportedly obtained internal documents from the FBI warning of armed protests at all 50 state capitols throughout the country in the days leading up to the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and his VP-elect, Kamala Harris, who will be the nation’s first Black person and first woman to serve in that capacity.
California’s State Capitol building is located in the heart of downtown Sacramento, along with numerous other city, county, state, and federal government offices. The FBI documents reportedly warn law enforcement agencies that extremist groups plan to “storm” government offices and target lawmakers, as they did in D.C. on January 6, if Trump is removed from office, and call
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