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The L.A. City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance to officially make Los Angeles a sanctuary city ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
The law, which now heads to Mayor Karen Bass's desk for a signature, directs city officers and resources to not cooperate with immigration enforcement except under very limited circumstances. The ordinance, approved on a 13-0 vote, was rushed by city officials in the wake of the re-election of Donald Trump, who has promised mass deportations. The City Council approved a motion to draft the law more than a year-and-a-half ago.
"This law is about making Los Angeles, through law, a sanctuary city and ensuring that all Angelenos can interact with our government without the fear that Donald Trump's deportation squad is around the corner," said Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez. A 2017 executive directive by then-L.A.
mayor Eric Garcetti gave similar directives to the city, but was not legally binding. For more on how other areas of Southern California are responding to the threat of mass deportations, go here . This is a developing story and will be updated.
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