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https://www.yahoo.com/news/californ...ry-state-undocumented-migrants-230001006.html[FONT="]Los Angeles (AFP) - California became the first "sanctuary state" for undocumented immigrants Friday, a decision criticized by the Trump administration which believes the move will compromise security.[/FONT][FONT="]California's governor, Democrat Jerry Brown, signed the landmark legislation -- Senate Bill 54 (SB54) -- which grants better protections to people who are in the US without permission, including those who have committed crimes.[/FONT]
[FONT="]It also limits cooperation between local police forces and federal authorities in operations to track down undocumented immigrants.[/FONT]
And you wonder why the GOP has gained in so many areas of Government....
The reaction from ICE isn't a shocker.
ICE director signals 'at-large arrests' over new California sanctuary law | TheHill[FONT="]The country's top immigration cop said Friday his agents "will have no choice" but to conduct workplace and neighborhood immigration raids in light of California's new sanctuary law.[/FONT][FONT="]Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Thomas Homan said in a statement Friday that California Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) decision to sign the law, SB54, would "undermine public safety and hinder ICE from performing its federally mandated mission." [/FONT]
[FONT="]Under California's new law, state and local police will have major restrictions in how and when they can collaborate with federal agents on immigration investigations and arrests.[/FONT]