The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors passed a sanctuary ordinance that goes into effect in late May prohibiting the county from cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement without a judicial warrant.
passed with a 4 to 1 vote. Supporters believe it will bring more equality to asylum seekers and prevent collusion from ICE. Supervisor Ray Mueller supports the intent of the ordinance but wanted there to be three exemptions for people convicted of murder, rape, and child molestation.lists dozens of exemptions that include serious and violent felonies.
In San Francisco, the sanctuary law has 46 exemptions for local authorities to cooperate with ICE in certain cases, including murder, rape, robbery, arson and carjacking. "So this kind of fear mongering rhetoric that these folks are somehow going to get out into their communities is inaccurate and misleading," said Andrew Bigelow, an organizer with Silicon Valley Debug.
"I've lived in fear because I've been a victim of abuse and the criminal that did this to me is still here," said one constituent. "So I have a question: are we going to allow these people to continue to do these type of crimes?"
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