Calabasas CA
6-13-2025 12:09am

March 2025 Los Angeles Council Established Sanctuary Status

November 2024 Los Angeles declared the City as a sanctuary government.  City Council Votes To Establish Los Angeles As A 'Sanctuary City' | Nithya Raman | Los Angeles City Councilmember 4th District

However, the finalization on March 26, 2025 added this contradictory amendment 7A


"...the LAPD is required to perform tasks like traffic management to support an agency such as ICE in carrying out a judicial warrant, or if such actions would be at the discretion of the LAPD"


Council adopted item as amended by Motion 7A (Jurado - Padilla), subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.  S14KONICA_C25032614350

CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to recommendations for reviewing compliance with Los Angeles Administrative Code Chapter 19 - Prohibition of the Use of City Resources for Federal Immigration Enforcement

clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2023/23-0243_CAF_12-9-2024.pdf

  • The City of Los Angeles is home to more than 1.35 million immigrants, comprising over 34 percent of the city’s population
  • The ordinance permanently enshrines sanctuary policies into municipal law and prohibits the use of City resources, including property and personnel, from being utilized for immigration enforcement or to cooperate with federal immigration agents engaged in immigration enforcement.

 

Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2018 to January 2022

  • Definition of Legal Residents - The legally-resident, foreign-born population, as defined for these estimates, includes 
    • Naturalized citizens
    • Children who derived citizenship from one or more parents
    • Persons granted lawful permanent residence
    • Persons granted asylum 
    • Persons admitted as refugees
    • Persons admitted as resident nonimmigrants (i.e., students and temporary workers, as
      opposed to tourists) who have unexpired authorized periods of admission
  • Definition of Unauthorized Immigrants - The resident unauthorized immigrant population is defined as all foreign-born noncitizens who are not legal residents as defined above. 
  • Most unauthorized immigrants 
    • Either entered the United States without inspection
    • Were admitted temporarily and remained past the date they were required to depart 
    • Are persons who are beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or other forms of prosecutorial discretion
    • Are residing in the United States while awaiting removal proceedings in immigration court are included among the estimates of the unauthorized population.

 Estimates of the Unauthorized Alien Population Residing in the United States | OHSS - Office of Homeland Security Statistics

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