By Andrea Serna, see page 11
Abortion access in California may be safe — BUT p. 4
Sanctuary Cities, the Cost of ICE and Trump’s Immigration Policies By Kym Cunningham, Contributing Writer
Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13768, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, on Jan. 25. This order cuts funds for socalled “sanctuary cities” and gives immigration officers unlimited discretion in instituting deportation proceedings. The order belies the Trump administration’s lack of knowledge concerning the realities of immigration law. “‘Sanctuary cities’ is a misnomer,” Ally Bolour explained. “The cities don’t enforce immigration law. That’s a good thing because immigration law is the most complicated area of law next to tax law.” Bolour has worked as an immigration attorney in downtown Los Angeles for almost 20 years. The Los Angeles Police Department is, and should be, in support of sanctuary cities, he said. “They don’t want to be the ones to enforce immigration law,” Bolour said. “They don’t know the law … and … if people stop trusting your police force, then crime will go up. Then you and I, as citizens, are less safe because no one’s
reporting.” Bolour argues that local police forces are not meant to enforce immigration law because they lack the technical know-how and the manpower. This is why an entire department, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, exists. “I would think that the federal government would actually support the concept of sanctuary cities,” Bolour said. “They’re the ones that are supposed to enforce it, not local offices, not local police forces.” The Trump administration does not seem to understand the nature of “sanctuary cities,” just as it does not understand the reasons behind the alleged 11 million undocumented workers or, as Trump refers to them, “criminal aliens.” “There’s no reason to have 11 million undocumented individuals,” Bolour said. “We’ve never had this. Migration between Mexico and the United States … has been going on since the birth of both countries. This particular problem can really be pinpointed to the present law [the Illegal Immigration and Immigration
February 16 - March 1, 2017
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Frank Romero, The Arrest of the Paleteros, 1996. Oil on canvas, 96 x 144 in. Collection of Cheech Marin. Image courtesy of Cheech Marin.
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