The deputies of the county of Riverside will not carry out “no type of application of immigration,” said Sheriff Chad Bianco, because fear among local immigrant communities has increased due to the intensification of raids during of the first weeks of the Trump administration.
In a video published on social networks Thursday, Bianco said that his deputies “do not have it, are not and will not engage” in the application of immigration, and pushed those who claim the staff of Office of the Sheriff’s 4,000 staff office was actively involved in such operations.
“There was an alarming increase in the concern about law enforcement and immigration,” he said. “The majority of this is caused by disinformation and fear of mastery of dishonest politicians, social media, immigration activists and even the major fallacious titles of the media.”
The application of immigrants is the sole responsibility of the federal government, said Bianco, and rumors about the deputies of the Riverside county carrying out raids in the schools of the county, the companies and the churches “are simply not true”.
Bianco, a republican and potential candidate for the post of governor, did not specifically identify individuals, organizations or points of sale to which he referred in his video message.
Bianco’s message comes as agents of the border patrol made raids throughout the state this year, even before President Trump was in office. An operation that started on January 7 led to 78 arrests in Bakersfield.
The raids have aroused indignation throughout southern California, including days of demonstrations in Los Angeles.
The California sanctuary law, known as Bill 54 of the Senate, was approved in 2017 and prohibits local law organizations from using public money to play a direct role in the ‘Application of immigration. This also prohibits the police from transferring persons to the immigration authorities, except in some cases, such as when people have been sentenced to certain violent and crimes.
In an interview Fox 11 in November, Bianco said that he “would do everything in my power to make sure I can ensure the safety of residents of the County of Riverside. If this implies working in one way or another around SB 54 with ICE (US Immigration and application of cuts) so that we can expel these people who victimize and victimize my residents, you … can be sure that I will do it. »»
Bianco said that the legislation had led a gap between immigrant communities and the police, and stressed that his deputies do not ask questions about immigration status during the floor with the victims.
In his message on Thursday, Bianco said that he “would continue to fight to reform an extremely dangerous sanctuary law law which has been forced to us by reckless politicians who force federal Ice Immigration officials in our Communities to find these criminals, rather than withdrawing them from safety security for security for safety security for security security security security security.
On January 28, the Riverside County Supervisors Council approved a request direction The executive officer and counselor of the county of the county to assess how the data of the deferred action of the county for the arrivals of children, or DACA, the beneficiaries and the undocumented undocumented without papers are collected, managed and stored. He also orders the county staff to assess the new sources of existing and potential funding to support undocumented immigrants who are facing expulsion.
County officials are supposed to present themselves to the board of directors on February 25.
Bianco was not present for the meeting, According to the desert sunBut wrote an email in which he urged the Board of Directors, saying that they “should work to ensure that the County government is there to protect all residents (not provoking) a political gap ».
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