{"id":16891,"date":"2018-04-16T13:26:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16891"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:35:38","slug":"tipping-point-resistance-growing-californias-dangerous-sanctuary-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/04\/16\/tipping-point-resistance-growing-californias-dangerous-sanctuary-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipping Point? Resistance Growing to California\u2019s Dangerous Sanctuary Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local resistance to the law making California a \u201csanctuary state\u201d continues to grow as the community of Los Alamitos prepares to vote<\/a> on the issue Monday night for the second time to make the city exempt from SB54.\u00a0 Last month Los Alamitos started a rebellion against California\u2019s \u201csanctuary law,\u201d voting to oppose it, which then triggered 12 other communities to buck the state on the issue as well.<\/p>\n

Another \u2013 and even bigger \u2013 shoe may drop on Tuesday, as the San Diego County Board of Supervisors \u2013 California\u2019s second largest county, representing 3.2 million residents \u2013 decides whether or not it will join other California counties in backing the state\u2019s dangerous sanctuary laws.<\/p>\n

The growing opposition to SB 54 and other extreme sanctuary policies comes on the heels of the Trump Administration\u2019s lawsuit against the state, which could potentially \u201cclaw back\u201d targeted law enforcement funds from states and local jurisdictions that violate federal sanctuary laws.\u00a0 “When the attorney general of the United States decides to take a firm position against it, I think that gave a signal to a lot of us that, ‘Hey, California is on the wrong side of this thing,'” said Fred Whitaker, chairman of the Republican Party in Orange County.<\/p>\n

Several California municipalities have already thumbed their noses at the state government, which many feel has been taken over by illegal alien interest groups.\u00a0 The Escondido City Council voted earlier this month to join a federal lawsuit against California over its \u201csanctuary law.\u201d\u00a0 And just last week, the Orange County cities of Orange, Westminster, and Newport Beach voted to add their voices<\/a> to the growing chorus of those opposing California\u2019s sanctuary state status.<\/p>\n

Illegal immigrant rights groups backed the state\u2019s bill, enacted earlier this year, to become a sanctuary state, arguing that the law would make illegal immigrants more willing to share information<\/a> and cooperate with local police.\u00a0 That argument, however, has never been proven empirically, and flies in the face of a study published recently by FAIR that revealed<\/a> that sanctuary policies don\u2019t actually promote cooperation with local police, they simply make communities less safe.<\/p>\n

The study analyzed available data nationwide and found that there is \u201cno discernable difference in the way immigrants report crimes or provide information in jurisdictions that maintain sanctuary policies and those that do not. In fact, under some of the most radical sanctuary policies that protect illegal alien gang members, it is fear of retribution by gangs, not fear of the police that inhibits cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n