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“God will turn the sins of evil people back on them. He will destroy them for their sins. The LORD our God will destroy them.” Psalm 94:23, NLT
A new threat to California's "sanctuary state" law is coming from municipalities that are fighting the controversial legislation.
On Monday evening, the city council in Los Alamitos, a small city in Southern California, voted 4 to 1 to exempt itself from Senate Bill 54, also sometimes called the the "sanctuary state" law, which took effect in January. The state law, which is being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice, bars local authorities from asking about the immigration status of people during routine interactions or participating in federal enforcement actions.
"This is important for us, for our city, for our community," Warren Kusumoto, the mayor pro tempore of Los Alamitos said Monday before the vote. He said the local measure was needed because of "a conflict between two governing documents — the Constitution of the United States and the state constitution itself."
Added Kusumoto, "We have a military base over here, we have contractors here who do business with the federal government. And I just feel that this body owes them some kind of certainty and guidance in enacting this ordinance. It really is for us to say we believe in the Constitution."
In addition to passing the ordinance, the mayor said the city plans to file an amicus brief in support of the Trump administration's "sanctuary law" case against California.
California Assembly member Wendy Carrillo, a Democrat who represents parts of Los Angeles, said in a statement. “The Los Alamitos City Council and Councilman Kusumoto in particular, are egregiously misinterpreting the U.S. Constitution and are on the wrong side of history; Los Alamitos has an opportunity to protect its residents, but is instead siding with a racist and xenophobic Trump administration hell-bent on instilling fear in immigrants across the nation."
* Source—Small city of Los Alamitos votes to opt out of California's sanctuary law, and its mayor says more will follow.
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson
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