(The Center Square) – One Northern California sheriff has said he will report illegal immigrants arrested for violent crimes to immigration officials, setting up a legal challenge to the state’s sanctuary laws.
Under California’s sanctuary laws, only those convicted for a limited list of declared serious or violent offenses — which does not include many serious and violent offenses, such as felony battery with serious bodily injury — can be transferred to federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement for deportation upon release.
Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman’s office says that “adhering to SB 54 [California’s sanctuary law] would place him in violation of federal law,” referencing border czar Tom Homan’s claims that sanctuary cities and states violate U.S. Code, subsection 1324…