The Los Angeles City Council enacted a “sanctuary city” ordinance Tuesday that aims to shield the city from President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.
The city will refuse to share information with federal immigration authorities and bar resources from being used for immigration enforcement.
“We’re going to send a very clear message that the city of Los Angeles will not cooperate with ICE in any way,” Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez said. “We want people to feel protected and be able to have faith in their government and that women can report domestic violence, crimes.”
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Soto-Martinez said many of his constituents are “immigrants without legal status” and are “embedded in the larger community.”
The city council voted unanimously to approve the ordinance, which matches with several
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