#  Is LA Mayor Garcetti Going to Jail? ICE Director Threatens to Jail Elected Officials of Sanctuary Cities

     Details    Jessica Corbett   ![logo](https://www.citywatchla.com//templates/ja_teline_v/images/logo.png)         January 04 2018      [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1601m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/14632-is-la-mayor-garcetti-going-to-jail-ice-director-threatens-to-jail-elected-officials-of-sanctuary-cities)

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> ACLU CALLS THREAT ‘OUTRAGEOUS’--Immigrant rights advocates are denouncing an "appalling and disqualifying" proposal by the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to charge with federal crimes local officials who lead sanctuary cities, which often refuse to turn over or identify undocumented residents to the government's immigration agents.
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> The ACLU said Wednesday that acting director Thomas Homan's "outrageous threat" to bring charges against politicians who enact and carry out sanctuary city policies "should disqualify \[him\] from consideration for the permanent ICE director post."
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> After California made history earlier this week when it [became](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-Makes-History-as-Nations-First-Sanctuary-State-467598433.html) the nation's first-ever sanctuary state, Homan responded in an interview with *Fox News* on Tuesday by warning that "California better hold on tight" and vowing to "vastly increase our enforcement footprint" by upping the number of ICE officers in the state.
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> "There's no sanctuary from federal law enforcement," he said. "For these sanctuary cities that knowingly shield and harbor an illegal alien in their jail and don't allow us access, that is, in my opinion, a violation of [8 U.S. Code § 1324](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324)."
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> Homan revealed that he is currently working with the Department of Justice to look into whether the federal government can "charge some of these sanctuary cities with violating federal law" and "hold these politicians personally accountable."
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> ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2018/1601n.png)Watch:
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> California's newly enacted state-wide law "bars law enforcement officers in the state from arresting individuals based on civil immigration warrants, asking about a person's immigration status, or participating in any joint task force with federal officials for the purpose of enforcing immigration laws," [according to](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jerry-Brown-signs-bill-making-California-a-12255884.php) *SF Gate.*
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> Although Homan—who has [worked](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360316-trump-taps-acting-ice-director-to-take-role-permanently) at ICE for three decades and is known for supporting anti-immigration policies—touted the Trump administration's favored narrative that sanctuary city policies endanger the public as well as federal officers, the *Los Angeles Times* [notes](http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-ice-is-increasing-presence-in-california-1514999654-htmlstory.html) that "research has shown sanctuary cities have [lower crime rates](http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-california-sessions-response-20170327-story.html) and that immigrants [generally commit](http://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2017/aug/03/antonio-villaraigosa/mostly-true-undocumented-immigrants-less-likely-co/) fewer crimes than U.S. citizens."
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> President Donald Trump [appointed](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/thomas-homan-immigration-and-customs-enforcement.html) Homan to serve as acting director shortly after entering office last January. Though Trump [announced](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360316-trump-taps-acting-ice-director-to-take-role-permanently) in November that the acting director was his official pick to permanently lead ICE, Homan is still awaiting final approval by the Senate.
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> Immigrant rights advocates denounced Homan's comments as "illegal intimidation" and further evidence that he should not be allowed to stay on as ICE's permanent director:
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> *(Jessica Corbett writes for [Common Dreams](http://commondreams.org) … where this report was first posted.)*
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