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Speakers call for sanctuary policy; county counsel explains why California’s SB 54 remains in force
Summary
Public speakers asked Kern County to adopt sanctuary protections and to review local interactions with federal immigration authorities. County counsel briefed the board on the legal history of California’s Senate Bill 54 and the 9th Circuit ruling that left the law intact after the U.S. Supreme Court declined review.
Several members of the public on Jan. 14 urged the Kern County Board of Supervisors to examine local policies on cooperation with federal immigration authorities and to consider sanctuary protections after recent local incidents involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Anna Medel asked the board to "make this county a sanctuary county," saying she had seen what she described as racial or ethnic targeting by federal agents and advocating reallocating…
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