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Immigration,
Government

Mar. 22, 2018

City’s test of state sanctuary law has no enforcement mechanism, experts say

Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could be stymied by the fact the law does not provide for punitive actions, immigrant law experts say.

Any effort to punish a small city in Orange County that is refusing to comply with California’s so-called sanctuary law could be stymied by the fact the law does not provide for punitive actions, immigration law experts say.

SB 54 prohibits the use of state resources to enforce federal immigration law except in certain circumstances. Earlier this week, the Los Alamitos City Council passed an ordinance declaring the sanctuary law in ...

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