Los Angeles City Council passed a proposed sanctuary city law on Wednesday, which would prohibit using city resources or city personnel to help federal officials from enforcing immigration law.
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The ordinance was finalized after receiving the 12 votes it needed to pass. It’s now headed to Mayor Karen Bass’ office. Once it gets her signature, the law could go into effect within 10 days.
Bass told KNX News’ Craig Fiegener that while she does support the ordinance, this law does not have the power to keep President-elect Donald Trump from instructing federal immigration officials to come to cities like L.A. and work on their own.
“Let's see what the Trump administration actually does,” she said. “My concern is to protect immigrant Angelenos who are here. We want them to feel safe. We want them to feel if they need a service from the city that they can have that service.”
On Nov. 8, Tom Fitton, a conservative activist and the president of Judicial Watch, wrote on Truth Social, “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”
President-elect Donald Trump responded to the post with “TRUE!!!”
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez told Fiegener it’s important that council members “walk very clear-eyed” into the Trump administration.
“I think we have to recognize that Trump's rhetoric is not empty,” she said.
Despite the ordinance receiving 12 votes, Fiegener reported that three council members were absent. Those members were John Lee, Traci Park, and Nithya Raman.
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