Posted on 11/14/2016 5:10:16 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday that he has no plans to change the LAPDs stance on immigration enforcement, despite President-elect Donald Trumps pledge to toughen federal immigration laws and deport millions of people upon taking office.
For decades, the LAPD has distanced itself from federal immigration policies. The LAPD prohibits officers from initiating contact with someone solely to determine whether he or she is in the country legally, mandated by a special order signed by then-chief Daryl Gates in 1979. During Becks tenure as chief, the department stopped turning over people arrested for low-level crimes to federal agents for deportation and moved away from honoring federal requests to detain inmates who might be deportable past their jail terms.
On Monday, Beck said he planned to maintain the long-standing separation.
I dont intend on doing anything different, he said. We are not going to engage in law enforcement activities solely based on somebodys immigration status. We are not going to work in conjunction with Homeland Security on deportation efforts. That is not our job, nor will I make it our job.
Fear among immigrants and their families has rippled across the country in the days following Trumps election to the presidency. Trump made illegal immigration a central issue of his campaign, vowing to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, deport people who are in the country illegally and unwind immigration relief created under President Obama.
In Los Angeles, officials have tried to alleviate some of those concerns by signaling their support for the citys immigrant residents. At a meeting Friday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city would question Trumps decisions on immigration.
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Shut down the federal government cash flow.
Agree.
If they aren’t going to do their job.... fire them.
Cool. Think of how much money the U.S. will save by pulling funding from L.A., SFO, Chicago, Philly, etc. More stuff for the good guys (that would be us).
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