Sanctuary cities forced to comply with federal immigration rules due to innovative program
‘Border czar’ Tom Homan discusses a Tennessee mayor being accused of aiding and abetting illegal migrants on 'The Ingraham Angle.'
Sanctuary cities’ runaround of the law may have finally come to an end, thanks to a creative program called Operation Guardian Angel.
Launched by Bill Essayli, the new U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, this commonsense approach to force scofflaw sanctuary cities to cooperate with—and stop obstructing—federal immigration authorities should be copied by U.S. attorneys around the nation to help rid the country of criminal illegal aliens being detained by local authorities.
It's a no-brainer.
Sanctuary Cities 101
California has been a sanctuary state since 2018, when former Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law turning it into a sanctuary for criminal illegal aliens. But California’s move to create a safe haven for criminals started even earlier, at the local level.
In 1979, Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates implemented "Special Order 40," which prohibited his police officers both from making contact with anyone for the sole purpose of learning their immigration status and from making arrests for violations of U.S. immigration law.
In 1985, San Francisco’s then-mayor Dianne Feinstein signed legislation designating the city as a sanctuary for aliens whose asylum claims had been rejected by the federal government.
In 1989, San Francisco voters passed an ordinance extending that protection to all illegal aliens, prohibiting the city’s police force from aiding federal immigration officers.
In 2013, San Franciscans passed the "Due Process for All" ordinance, which limited when local law enforcement officers........
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