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A new immigration policy adopted by the US San Diego County Board of Supervisors was supposed to stop jails from working with federal immigration officials.
People’s Daily Online reports that the move would potentially hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations.
However, the county is now locked in a standoff in what could be described as local immigration politics after Trump’s inauguration in January. San Diego Sheriff Kelly Martinez said her office won’t comply with the county’s policy and would continue to notify US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials when some people not authorized to be in the county are released from county jails.
The clash between the majority of San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors and its sheriff also illustrates how – even in California, a sanctuary state – efforts to undermine the Trump administration’s deportation plans could face legal challenges, practical hurdles and clashes when local officials disagree, the report added.
