Mayor Daniel Lurie expanded his comments on the ICE raids a bit today, but only a bit—and framed the sitiuation once again as a “public safety” issue.
“As mayor my goal is to keep everyone safe,” he told the supes during Question Time. “These tactics are intended to instill fear that makes the city less safe.” He said that, under city policy, “local law enforcement does not participate in federal immigration enforcement,” but he never used the term “Sanctuary City,” and he never mentioned undocumented residents.
The Sanctuary City Ordinance goes well beyond what Lurie described: It generally prohibits any city employees, including all law enforcement, from cooperating with ICE in any way. That means, for example, that the SF Police shouldn’t help federal agents remove peaceful, law-abiding protesters who are, for example, picketing in front of an immigration court facility. It means that if Donald Trump sends in the National Guard to help deport people, the SFPD can’t coordinate with or help them.
It means that San Francisco city agencies are supposed to protect all residents, including undocumented residents…