{"id":122054,"date":"2017-10-07T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=122054"},"modified":"2017-10-07T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T09:35:00","slug":"ice-official-agency-will-arrest-at-california-worksites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/07\/ice-official-agency-will-arrest-at-california-worksites\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE official: Agency will arrest at California worksites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement will also likely have to place immigrants arrested in California in out-of-state detention centres, ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan said in a statement. (Photo: Andy Li\/ Flickr)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN FRANCISCO\u2014 In another sign of escalating tensions between President Donald Trump’s administration and California, the nation’s top\u00a0immigration\u00a0official said Friday his agency will have \u201cno choice” but to arrest immigrants who are in the country illegally in California’s neighbourhoods and worksites.<\/p>\n

Immigration\u00a0and Customs Enforcement will also likely have to place immigrants arrested in California in out-of-state detention centres, ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Homan’s comments came a day after Gov. Jerry Brown signed bill SB54, or sanctuary state legislation.<\/p>\n

Starting Jan. 1, police will be barred from asking people about their\u00a0immigration\u00a0status or participating in federal\u00a0immigration\u00a0enforcement activities. Jail officials only will be allowed to transfer inmates to federal\u00a0immigration\u00a0authorities if they have been convicted of certain crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, SB54 helps shield removable aliens from\u00a0immigration\u00a0enforcement and creates another magnet for more illegal\u00a0immigration, all at the expense of the safety and security of the very people it purports to protect,” Homan warned.<\/p>\n

Federal\u00a0immigration\u00a0officials already carry out sweeps targeting immigrants in sanctuary cities and transfer many of their detainees to out-of-state facilities.<\/p>\n

In his signing statement, Brown noted the bill does not stop ICE from operating in California. His office declined to comment further on the ICE statement Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are free to use their own considerable resources to enforce federal\u00a0immigration\u00a0law in California,” Brown wrote.<\/p>\n

Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, who carried the bill, said Homan’s statement \u201cexemplifies the fearmongering and lies that guide this Administration.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration is once again making heavy-handed threats against California because we won’t help them tear apart families and our economy in the process,” de Leon said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Democratic lawmakers in California have worked to create barriers to Trump’s campaign pledge to step up deportation efforts. They have also approved money for legal assistance and college scholarships for people living illegally in the U.S., and made it harder for businesses and government agencies to disclose people’s\u00a0immigration\u00a0status.<\/p>\n

Trump first put the spotlight on sanctuary cities as a candidate in 2015 after the killing of Kate Steinle, who was fatally shot in San Francisco pier by a Mexican national who had been deported five times.<\/p>\n

Trump referred to the case several times while campaigning as a reason to toughen\u00a0immigration\u00a0policies. The case has frequently been invoked as part of the\u00a0immigration\u00a0debate.<\/p>\n

He has threatened to withhold federal funding to sanctuary cities, several of which have filed lawsuits to prevent that from happening.<\/p>\n

California is home to an estimated 2.3 million immigrants without legal authorization.<\/p>\n

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