The leader of the California Senate recently used his closing remarks in a Senate hearing to downplay how concerning it is if illegal immigrants engage in identity theft, then later doubled down on his defense in an interview on Southern California Public Radio. An outraged Capitol staffer brought the former point to my attention, while a former Republican assemblyman also wrote about the latter in a recent piece on the Breitbart website. This appalling news has garnered no noticeable outrage or media coverage — despite the implications for those who have been victimized by such crimes.
“Half of my family would be eligible for deportation” under President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, said Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, “if they got a false Social Security card, if they got a false identification, if they got a false driver’s license prior to us passing (a bill allowing illegal immigrants to have driver’s licenses).” De Leon added at the Capitol hearing that “almost everybody has secured some sort of false identification.”
Those were from his closing remarks on Senate Bill 54, which would turn California into a “sanctuary state.” Various cities have been embracing variants of this “sanctuary” approach, even if the specifics vary by jurisdiction. Some cities use different terminology.
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Poster Comment:
LOL this guy just gave Trump and ICE their next home visits.
