Some states, many cities, and even some other jurisdictions have declared themselves to be “sanctuary” locations.
Those are places where local law and its enforcers don’t apply statutes regarding illegal entry into the United States, even though that is a federal crime.
They don’t recognize it, they don’t enforce, and many actively work to foil the federal law by refusing to accept or act on detainers, which are federal requests to turn over an illegal alien for deportation when that person finishes a local or state jail term.
Those “sanctuary” locations simply turn the wanted individuals loose, without regard for federal law enforcement.
But in one state that now could be changing.
A report from Fox News explains that in California, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli is changing things up.
He’s no longer going to issue “detainers” for wanted individuals, he’s going to issue criminal warrants for their arrests.
The report said his “Operation Guardian Angel” task force, including assets from ICE, HIS, DEA, FBI, ATF and Border Patrol, is under way.
“They’ve made it almost impossible for ICE to do their job, issue detainers and get criminal illegal immigrants out of jails. So what we’re doing instead is we’re going to start issuing warrants,” he explained.
Federal officers scan the criminal database of those held in California jails all the time now, to identify those who are in custody, and are illegal aliens.
“We’re going to flood the system with warrants for criminal illegal immigration that are in county jails, they can ignore a detainer, but they cannot ignore a criminal arrest warrant,” he told Fox. “As soon as an illegal immigrant is booked into a county jail, we’re reviewing their file. And if they meet the elements of illegal reentry, which is a federal crime, we are filing a complaint and getting an arrest warrant issued before they’re released from state custody.”
He said the plan is a test for what such adjustments in the system will do for other “sanctuary” locations, too.
After Joe Biden’s administration let millions and millions of illegal aliens into the U.S. across essentially open borders, including criminal gang and terrorist elements, the administration of President Donald Trump closed the borders.
But many of the millions who already were allowed in under Biden remain.
Biden’s CBP One app, to let people in, was turned into the CBP Home app, to encourage illegals to return to their home country, under Trump.
Already, 350 such warrants have been filed in just the Los Angeles area, Essayli said.
“They have no choice, they will comply. And if they don’t comply, if they interfere in our ability to arrest a federal felon, they can expect to face consequences for that. So I don’t expect any resistance from the local authorities,” he explained.
He said, “This is the safest way for us to get criminal illegal immigrants. Get them while they’re still in state custody, where they’ve been searched. They have no weapons, and we can do a safe transfer.”
