Members of the Los Angeles City Council introduced legislation on Tuesday that would draft an ordinance in order to 'permanently enshrine' sanctuary city policies into law.
shouldn’t depend on executive actions that can be overturned by a future administration. These are fundamental protections that should be enshrined in our laws," Raman tweeted.
From left to right, Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez, Eunisses Hernandez and Nithya Raman announcing legislation to direct the City to report back on an ordinance to establish the City of Los Angeles as a Sanctuary City at press conference held at City Hall on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Los Angeles.codify a 2017 directive
that prohibits any city resources, property or personnel from being utilized or federal immigration enforcement, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles. The motion would also reportedly also instruct the city to prohibit inquiring about or collecting information about an individual's immigration status, engaging in investigation or enforcement related to an individual's immigration status, providing immigration authorities access to any non-public areas without a valid search or arrest warrant and providing access to city databases or any individual's personal information or other data to federal immigration authorities.
From left to right, Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez and Nithya Raman at a press conference to announce legislation to direct the City to report back on an ordinance to establish the City of Los Angeles as a Sanctuary City and prohibit any City resources, property or personnel from being utilized for any federal immigration enforcement. Press conference was held City Hall on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Los Angeles.
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