San Mateo County will no longer use county funds, law enforcement and other resources to assist federal officials in enforcing immigration law.
The county's Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday by a 4-1 vote that will prevent county agencies, commissions, employees and other representatives from using county resources to assist entities like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Supervisor David Canepa, who introduced the ordinance with fellow Supervisor Warren Slocum, argued that collaborating with ICE is a public safety hazard and that federal immigration authorities often separate families who are otherwise upstanding members of their community. However, local jurisdictions can also enact their own statutes to avoid cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
"I've personally seen the effect and trauma experienced by families who have had loved ones taken into ICE custody," Corpus said."It is not something that I would like our office to be associated with."
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