A conservative organization led by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller is threatening legal action against California officials for enforcing sanctuary policies that protect undocumented immigrants. The organization, America First Legal Foundation, sent letters to various California leaders, including the Attorney General and Los Angeles Mayor, warning of 'serious consequences' for obstructing federal immigration enforcement.
Migrants arrive at the Iris Avenue Transit Center after being dropped off by Border Patrol agents in San Diego on Feb. 25, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMattersA conservative organization led by Trump adviser Stephen Miller sent letters to California leaders warning of ‘serious consequences’ over sanctuary policies that protect undocumented residents.
California’s southern border, long ‘ground zero’ in the fight between federal and local officials over immigration policy, is now at the center of renewed controversy over how far local leaders can go to protect people from deportation. After San Diego County took steps earlier this month to strengthen safeguards for undocumented residents, an organization led by President-elect’s adviser Stephen Miller sent a letter warning that elected leaders and employees of “sanctuary” jurisdictions could be “criminally liable” if they impede federal immigration enforcement., America First Legal Foundation wrote: “We have identified San Diego County as a sanctuary jurisdiction that is violating federal law.” who it said could face “legal consequences” over immigration policies. The California Attorney General’s office and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass were sent similar letters. The letter also suggests sanctuary city officials could be civilly liable under federal anti-racketeering laws. With Trump pledging to carry out the “largest mass deportation campaign in U.S. history,” San Diego’s board of supervisors enacted a policy on Dec. 12 prohibiting local law enforcement from communicating with immigration authorities about undocumented people in local jails without a judicial warrant. San Diego’s newly enacted ordinance goes a step further than California’s existing state “sanctuary” law, which only limits cooperation between local law enforcement and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE
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