Thread: California sanctuary law would shield felons from deportation, Stone tells Bill O'Rei

California sanctuary law would shield felons from deportation, Stone tells Bill O'Reilly

Gustavo Solis , The Desert Sun 2:38 p.m. PT April 5, 2017


(Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)


Senator Jeff Stone is on a mission to overturn California’s sanctuary state law – even though it isn’t actually a law yet.

The Republican state senator from Temecula appeared on The O’Reilly Factor and Fox & Friends this week to share his opposition with the bill and to promote his referendum-signature-collecting website, standwithstone.com.

The state Senate passed SB 54 on Monday. In order to become law, the bill needs to be passed by the assembly and signed by the governor.

“I think that the assembly is going to pass it,” Stone told Bill O’Reilly. “(Governor) Jerry Brown probably will sign it and, if he does, I’ve already started authoring a referendum to overturn this law.”

SB 54 would essentially kick Immigration and Customs Enforcement out of county jails by prohibiting law enforcement agencies from using resources, including staff and facilities, for federal immigration enforcement purposes.

The bill would also prohibit local jails from detaining inmates longer than their criminal sentence in order for ICE to interrogate or detain them. Local jails will still be able to transfer immigrants to immigration detention facilities if the federal government has a judicial warrant or if the individual has been convicted of a violent felony such as murder or rape.

Additionally, SB 54 requires jails to give federal law enforcement authorities a 60-day notice of when their felons will be released.

Stone does not think the law goes far enough. The bill protects people convicted of human trafficking, child abuse or assault with a deadly weapon from deportation, he said.

“Basically we are going to be putting these dangerous criminals back into our streets and neighborhoods,” Stone said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning.

To be clear, immigrants who commit these crimes would still face justice. SB 54 does not prevent the police from arresting people, prosecutors from filing charges, judges from sentencing or jails from detaining anyone.

However, Stone argues that people convicted of serious crimes who have served their sentence will be released from jail instead of being deported and, because there is a high recidivism rate, they are likely to commit more crimes.

There are more than 3 million undocumented immigrants living in California and about 11,000 of them have been convicted of serious and violent felonies, according to state lawmakers.

The senator appeared on The O’Reilly Factor the same week reports emerged that the host has paid $13 million to settle five sexual harassment claims. Several advertisers have pulled out.

The appearance, along with the one on Fox & Friends, gave him access to a large audience and a chance to speak about his critique of SB 54. The response has been so great that the “Stand with Stone” website is struggling to handle the volume.

“Our phones have been ringing off the hook, our email servers have been going out,” he said.

Senator Kevin de Leon, the author of the bill, said SB 54 is necessary because President Donald Trump erased previous enforcement priorities through executive action and the state should protect non-violent unauthorized immigrants from deportation.

While the previous stated policy focused on detainment of unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds, current priority is to detain any unauthorized immigrant ICE agents encounter. Supporters of SB 54 believe that new enforcement policies could led to the deportation of innocent unauthorized immigrants who have not been convicted of crimes.

Immigration enforcement authorities, even during the Obama Administration, people who have been arrested but not convicted of any crimes.

A review of the criminal background of the incarcerated immigrants that ICE targets shows that the majority of them have historically been people with "no conviction." Last month, when ICE issued a list of the types of people who they were seeking, more than half of them had been charged but not been convicted of a crime.

Opponents and supporters of the bill both also use economic arguments to bolster their claims.

Opponents point out that President Trump has threatened to cut off federal funding to sanctuary policies and that SB 54 is an invitation for Trump to deliver on that promise.

Supporters say that unauthorized immigrants who contribute millions in state taxes and work in the agriculture and hospitality industries should be protected from deportation because the state cannot afford to lose the tax dollars and labor force to deportation.

http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/...lly/100091188/

If the law is passed, DHS needs to saturate California with ICE agents and the DOJ needs to immediately send more immigration judges in. Once everything is in place ICE needs to start massive business raids ...... agricultural, poultry, manufacturing, construction, landscaping, Hotels, etc., etc. If California doesn't want to play by the rules, the federal government needs to do everything in its power to tighten the screws down to force repeal of the bill. I'm almost certain some serious bullying will force California to rethink these idiot moves.

Supporters say that unauthorized immigrants who contribute millions in state taxes and work in the agriculture and hospitality industries should be protected from deportation because the state cannot afford to lose the tax dollars and labor force to deportation.

These are just huge lies. They don't contribute a dime to your state. Not a cent. They've sucked the life and decency out of California. You're a welfare state, the biggest one in the country. Suck on that truth for awhile, you crazy liars.

You know someone was doing those jobs before the illegals came.

They think, I guess, that those beds weren't getting made, or veggies not getting gathered, chickens plucked, cows milked, grass mowed, etc., etc.

But the simple fact is they do contribute in any state.

They contribute to the corporations who are making lots of money employing them -

They contribute to the banks who are making lots of money because of them -

The politicians get contributions from these businesses

The welfare system gets to grow and hire more bureaucrats -

In fact many government offices gets to grow because they are here. They can take more monies from taxpayers,
funnel it where they want (their pockets often), give jobs and contracts to their relatives/cronies/contributors.

Yes, lot of contributing going on there - just not to the overall good of this country and it's people.

Of course, don't be fooled by the idea that these people are just doing menial jobs 'the jobs Americans won't do'. We now know they are judges, teachers, in politics, working in banks, operating businesses - everywhere.

The public perception of illegal immigration is so wrong and that's what I wish could be changed.

Exactly. This is all about bankrupting the US through a massive socialist welfare state to force us into Globalism, New World Order, One World Government and an authoritarian feudal system for the Oligarchs, Worldwide. Democrats are responsible for it but some Republicans are part of it, too. As Trump said, "our country is in serious trouble."

Isn't it strange these cities and states say they can't enforce federal laws - but somehow they feel they can defy them?

Originally Posted by nntrixie

Isn't it strange these cities and states say they can't enforce federal laws - but somehow they feel they can defy them?

Man, that's a good one nntrixie!