I guarantee you, whatever state/city you live in — if your police arrests someone for being in the country illegally, ICE will turn them loose.
That policy is exactly the same as those of “sanctuary cities.” Your city just isn’t ADVERTISING itself as such.
Every city in America is a sanctuary city, because IT’S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO POLICE THE BORDER. IT’S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS. And they’ve utterly abrogated that responsibility. And they won’t let cities and states do it.
This is not on California; this is on YOUR House of Representatives. YOUR Senate. YOUR Federal Immigration Bureaucracy: EPIC FAIL.
If you say your city/state has a different policy — that you’re regularly turning aliens over to ICE and they’re subsequently deported — I’m calling you a liar.
Call me a liar all you want - my city has NOT openly declared itself a sanctuary city.