The city council in Los Alamitos, Calif., voted on Monday night to exempt itself from the state's so-called sanctuary law, which limits cooperation between local enforcement and federal immigration agents authorities.
And in the process, the Orange County city of fewer than 12,000 is aligning itself with a harder line on immigration than the more liberal policies adopted elsewhere in California.
The state's sanctuary law, Senate Bill 54, took effect on Jan. 1. And with a 4-1 vote, the Los Alamitos councilapproved an ordinance to opt out of it.
The council's chambers were packed with people supporting both sides, as the Los Angeles Times reports:
"About 160 people showed up to Monday's regular City Council meeting, a monthly event that rarely draws enough people to fill the 40-seat chamber. Speakers lined up late into the evening to address elected officials, who eventually voted 4 to 1 to approve the ordinance.
'Sometimes things are bigger than we are,' said Mayor Troy D. Edgar.
Cheers erupted inside the chamber after the vote, with some shouting 'Patriots!' and 'This is a win for America!' as others waved pro-Trump flags."
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OK I take back what I said, not everybody in California is stupid, just most.
ReplyDeleteNow, standing up for the law is "patriotic"?
ReplyDeleteThings are going downhill fast in California. And elsewhere.
We've gotten to the point where even the Supreme Court (!) thinks that criminal immigrants (even ones with felonies) MUST be given official government ID's. They DESERVE ID's and we are just being too mean to these criminals.
WTF?? Have the judges opened a law book in the last 50 years? THEY ARE ILLEGALLY HERE.
Entropy is rolling ahead like a tank through pedestrians.
You can't stop cheering.
You'll be sorry about that.