Huntington Beach was declared “non-sanctuary” and its authorities will comply with federal policies

The coastal city of Huntington Beachin Californiasharpened his confrontation with the state when The local government adopted a resolution declaring the city “a non-sanctuary city for illegal immigration in order to prevent crime.”

Huntington Beach has an ongoing lawsuit against California sanctuary state lawwhich limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities, citing a high recidivism rate of illegal immigrants with active detentions by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials that are supposed to result in transfers and deportations.

In a statementMayor Pat Burns’ office confirmed that the city council voted unanimously to approve his initiative to declare the city a “Non-Sanctuary City” and that that provision took effect immediately.

The resolution, according to Burns’ office, “deliberately circumvents the governor’s efforts to subvert the good work of federal immigration authorities and trumpet the city’s cooperation with the federal government, the Trump administration and the work of border czar Tom Homan ”according to the statement.

“City officials have a duty to comply with all laws, including federal immigration laws, and neither the Governor nor the State will interfere with that.”

Criticism of the Huntington Beach decision

The Harbor Institute for Immigrant & Economic Justice published the following statement in response to the Huntington Beach City Council’s declaration of a “non-sanctuary city” and the lawsuit filed by the local government against the state’s sanctuary law, the California Securities Act (SB 54, 2017).

“Federal and California courts have already ruled that the state’s sanctuary law is constitutional and that Huntington Beach must respect the rule of law. In 2020, the United States Supreme Court also refused to hear challenges against him. The Huntington Beach City Council’s challenge to state law is purely performative and will be defeated again. The hate circus led by Huntington Beach politicians does nothing to improve the quality of life or public safety in the city.”

And he goes on to say that instead of confronting the day-to-day problems that city government must solve, “politicians are wasting their energy blaming immigrant and refugee neighbors, undermining sanctuary policies that have been shown to reduce crime, and attacking protections.” constitutional due process provisions in our sanctuary state law, which have withstood numerous legal challenges in recent years.”

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