Beach town in LA votes unanimously to be declared ‘non-sanctuary city’
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The City Attorney said they would be switching up ‘relaxed criminal laws’ to Trump’s stricter federal immigration laws. Lawmakers in Huntington Beach voted unanimously to declare the city a “non-sanctuary city” while also issuing a fawning statement, pledging fealty to the Trump administration.
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Sanctuary cities are typically seen as more accessible to immigrants because they “do not honor U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) detainer requests to hold criminal aliens who are already in their custody”, according to the DHS – and therefore view immigration as a benefit to the community.
The surfer’s paradise has gradually become more conservative since 2023 after the city tried to replace Black History Month and Pride with the holidays “Black Gold Jubilee” – to celebrate oil in the city’s history, and “Revolutionary and Civil War” month, to pay homage by holding an re-enactment of the civil war in a public park.
In the statement, Mayor Burns said: ‘I am pleased the City Council unanimously supported my initiative. This will be another effective tool to combat crime and it will be a signal to would-be criminals, do not come to Huntington Beach.”. City Attorney Michael Gates praised the vote stating: “In California in particular, fighting crime is difficult enough with the relaxed criminal laws and lack of enforcement.
