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2025-01-30 08:21:29 UTC
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PermalinkTuesday supporting the sanctuary city policy, serving largely as a
symbolic rejection of President Donald Trumps recent executive orders
regarding immigration.
The resolution, a legally nonbinding document, reaffirms the citys
commitment to uphold the citys long standing sanctuary city ordinance,
which generally prohibits city employees from working with federal law
enforcement on immigration matters.
The policy has been around since 1989 and is intended to encourage
undocumented immigrants to cooperate with law enforcement and other
government officials without fearing deportation. Local law enforcement
have said they will contact federal officials if an undocumented immigrant
is involved in a serious crime.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/28/san-francisco-donald-trump-immigration-
sanctuary-city-ice/