In L.A., where immigrants make up a third of residents, some say permanent protections are long overdue.
Hoping to make the City of Angels a true “sanctuary city” for immigrants, three members of the Los Angeles City Council have proposed legislation to turn into permanent law an existing policy that prohibits city staff from taking part in, or using city resources to aid, any federal immigration enforcement activity.
So on Tuesday, March 7, Councilmembers Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez introduced a motion that would direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance prohibiting any city resources, property or personnel from being used for immigration enforcement or to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in that context — to the extent allowed by law.
L.A. is home to more than 1.35 million immigrants – just over a third of its population, and the majority of students in the L.A. metro area have at least one immigrant parent, according to the motion the councilmembers introduced Tuesday. – Inquiring or collecting information about an individual’s immigration or citizenship status, or their place of birth, to provide them city services;
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