California’s “Sanctuary State” Bill Passes Committee, Plays into Trump’s Hands

California Democrats might have finally overplayed their hand with three “immigrants rights” bills that are being rammed through the legislature at lightning speed.

The “California Values Act,” sponsored by Senate President Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) prohibits all law enforcement agencies in the state from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, and specifically states that law enforcement is not to inform immigration when they arrest drug dealers they believe are not here legally:

Existing law provides that when there is reason to believe that a person arrested for a violation of specified controlled substance provisions may not be a citizen of the United States, the arresting agency shall notify the appropriate agency of the United States having charge of deportation matters.

This bill would repeal those provisions.

This bill would, among other things, prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies and school police and security departments from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes.

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