Council Votes <nobr>7-1</nobr> To Prepare Immigration Sanctuary Policies Supplementing Sac'to Enacted Sanctuary State SB 54 '

' Council Votes <nobr>7-1</nobr> To Prepare Immigration Sanctuary Policies Supplementing Sac'to Enacted Sanctuary State SB 54 '

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Council Votes 7-1 To Prepare Immigration Sanctuary Policies Supplementing Sac'to Enacted Sanctuary State SB 54

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(Sept. 20, 2017, 11:55 a.m.) -- Shortly after 1 a.m., the City Council voted to create a series of City immigration-sanctuary policies to supplement statewide sanctuary measures approved in SB 54.

The Council item (full text here)

Directs the City Manager, through the Office of Equity, to partner with local immigrant rights organizations, the Long Beach Sanctuary City Coalition, Centro Cha, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and Long Beach Unified School District, to write and present a local policy that expands on SB54 in 60 days. Policy considerations should include:
Protecting and advocating for local DACA and DREAMER students.
Preventing future deportations of local residents.
Examining partnerships with LA County for local legal defense fund.
Protecting the confidentiality of local immigrant residents and their information, and ensuring no City resources are used to create registries based on religious affiliation, immigration status or any other protected class such as gender, sexual orientation, race, etc.
Affirm an aggressive approach to advocating at the federal and state level for pro-immigrant policies.

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The vote was 7-1 (Mungo dissenting on grounds the measure should have first gone through the state legislation committee on which she's a member; Supernaw absent, having exited Council meeting prior to the item.)

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