A Northern California sheriff said he is ready to break state law by contacting federal immigration authorities if his deputies arrest illegal immigrants for violent crimes .
Doing so would put Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman on “shaky legal ground” by being at odds with the state’s 2017 sanctuary law that prohibits police from participating in immigration enforcement.
California lawmakers passed the state’s sanctuary law during President Donald Trump’s first term. The law does make allowances for certain violent criminals and does allow authorities to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials if someone is in the country illegally after the person has been convicted, served their sentence, and is about to be released…