Huntington Beach is suing California over its “sanctuary state law,” re-upping a previously failed challenge over the limits placed on local police from assisting federal immigration officials.
The city filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in federal court. Mayor Pat Burns in a news release said the law “obstructs our ability to fully enforce the law and keep our community safe.”
“(We) need every possible resource available to fight crime, including federal resources,” Burns said in a statement. “Huntington Beach will not sit idly by and allow the obstructionist sanctuary state law to put our 200,000 residents at risk of harm from those who seek to commit violent crimes on U.S. soil.”
The law, SB 54, or the California Values Act, places restrictions on state and local resources that can be offered to assist federal immigration enforcement.
City Attorney Michael Gates called the law unconstitutional and said it violates other federal laws.
“The sanctuary state law forces city officials, including Huntington Beach police personnel, to harbor, conceal or ‘shield from detection’ known unauthorized aliens in their custody,” the city’s complaint reads. “The sanctuary state law commands city officials, including Huntington Beach police personnel, to turn a blind eye to alien smuggling, which in many cases, the individuals who were smuggled into the country would become victims of human trafficking.”
The city wants the court to invalidate the state law and issue an order allowing city officials to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The California Values Act went into effect in 2018. Huntington Beach sued the state that year in state court saying the city should not have to comply with the restrictions because of its charter city status. Ultimately, an appeals court said it must.
America First Legal Foundation, led by Stephen Miller, who will be President-elect Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, recently warned elected and law enforcement officials in sanctuary jurisdictions throughout the country to not interfere with federal immigration law enforcement and warned of potential consequences.
The foundation is paying for legal expenses in another Huntington Beach lawsuit against the state over a new state law that prohibits school districts from implementing forced gender identity disclosure policies.
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