The mayor of El Cajon, California, is fighting back against Governor Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary laws, supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce illegal immigration.
“There’s a lot of talk about sanctuary cities and the sanctuary state of California. I want to make it clear right now that El Cajon is not a sanctuary city. We’re going to do everything we can to work with the federal government to help ease this immigration problem, help solve this problem,” Mayor Bill Wells said.
He explained that California law “says that if a police officer does his duty that we’re asking him to do by complying with the federal government, that police officer can be charged with a felony and lose his pension.”
“So that puts us in a really serious situation because it basically takes frontline police officers and puts them in the middle of this political crisis, this political argument between the city, the state, and the feds.”
“I just want you to know, we’re working on this problem. I’m getting legal opinions; I’m reaching out to organizations to help give us legal assistance in fighting the state of California. I’m going to fight the state of California tooth and nail over this,” Wells added. “I want you to know that I am everything I can to make El Cajon part of the solution of this horrible immigration problem and not be used by the state of California to circumvent federal law.”
Wells asked Californians to contact state officials and “tell them that you do not want to be part of being a sanctuary state and that you will rise up, like the rest of the nation has done, and throw these guys out of office if they don’t comply.”
