{"id":14112,"date":"2017-05-17T16:02:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=14112"},"modified":"2018-12-28T12:49:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:49:36","slug":"the-california-elite-and-sanctuary-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2017\/05\/17\/the-california-elite-and-sanctuary-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"The California Elite and Sanctuary Hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santa Cruz County<\/a> in California is a \u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdiction. And \u201cPolicy 428<\/a>\u201d in the Santa Cruz County Sheriff\u2019s Policy Manual<\/em> clearly states, \u201cNo individual who is otherwise ready to be released [from Sheriff\u2019s Office custody]should be detained solely for the purpose of making notification to immigration authorities.\u201d Strangely, though, it also says, \u201cImmigration officials routinely interview suspected undocumented aliens who are booked into the county jail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Santa Cruz County is committed to protecting immigration violators but it invites immigration officials into its jail to screen offenders and find immigration violators. If that sounds rather hypocritical \u2013 that\u2019s because it is. Sanctuary policies are routinely supported by wealthy do-gooders<\/a> who live far away from the elevated crime, depressed wages, cultural decline that accompany uncontrolled mass migration. But, the fact is, that these devot\u00e9es of diversity get a bit testy when reality intrudes upon their utopian fantasy world. And when one of their own is victimized by an immigrant, their commitment to a multicultural world of open borders evaporates completely.<\/p>\n

Proof of this assertion is easy to find: Alix Tichelman<\/a> was a high-end call girl servicing the rich and famous around Santa Cruz Harbor. She was also a Canadian citizen<\/a>, and the daughter of<\/a> a wealthy tech executive, who had obtained lawful permanent residence in the United States. On November 23, 2013, Tichelman was partying with millionaire Google executive Timothy Hayes, on his private yacht. During the course of their activities, she injected him with heroin. When Hayes began to show signs of an overdose, rather than calling for assistance, Tichelman focused on covering her tracks and leaving the crime scene undetected. She was subsequently convicted of involuntary manslaughter<\/a> and sentenced to jail. The media dubbed Tichelman the \u201dHarbor Hooker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both upon her arrest, and her release from jail, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed detainers requesting that Tichelman be held in custody<\/a> for arrest on deportation charges. Although the Santa Cruz County Sheriff\u2019s Office made an elaborate public show about refusing to comply with the detainer, it was all political theater. Tichelman was taken into ICE custody without incident and ordered deported<\/a> from the United States. The Sheriff\u2019s Office didn\u2019t let her go before ICE could arrive and her removal wasn\u2019t accompanied by the histrionic agitprop that has become a common feature of high-profile immigration cases.<\/p>\n

And there was nary a whisper from the Hollywood and Silicon Valley elite when Alix Tichelman was being deported. Billionaire Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg \u2013 vocal critic of Trump administration immigration enforcement efforts \u2013 didn\u2019t say a word. Anti-\u201ctravel ban,\u201d pro-sanctuary Canadian immigrant, Seth Rogan<\/a> stayed off his Twitter account. Why? The answer is simple. The Harbor Hooker didn\u2019t commit a crime that impacted regular folks, like Kate Steinle, or the children of all the \u201cangel moms<\/a>.\u201d She crossed the one border that California\u2019s pro-alien elite care about \u2013 the one that protects them from the real world.