Immigration & Border Security

Los Angeles Mayor Pushes for Official Sanctuary City Status Before Trump Assumes Office

‘I imagine that the council will be voting on sanctuary cities hopefully very, very soon,’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.
Los Angeles Mayor Pushes for Official Sanctuary City Status Before Trump Assumes Office
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks in Studio City, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said on Monday that her city doesn’t have a law officially designating it as a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants and that this should be changed quickly before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office.

Trump has vowed to carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants and said he would push Congress to adopt legislation outlawing sanctuary cities, which enact policies that shield illegal immigrants from federal immigration authorities.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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