It’s the second time the City Council strengthened sanctuary rules this year as they try to keep pace with evolving immigration enforcement tactics and assuage fears among those at risk of deportation.
The Long Beach City Council passed a series of reforms on Tuesday that will prohibit federal agents on non-public city grounds, create a certificate program for businesses offering safe spaces to undocumented residents, and establish penalties for city workers or contractors who do not comply with its sanctuary policies.
Long Beach has never formally declared itself a “sanctuary city” — a term that has no defined legal meaning — but, since 2018, it has continued to expand its rules around non-cooperation with civil immigration enforcement, a common theme in sanctuary policies.
Feel a little like a crazy idiot, but I wasn’t sure where long beach is and it was kind of hard to figure it out. California.
Probably doesn’t help there’s multiple places with the same name. This Long Beach is sandwiched between Los Angeles and Orange County, in Southern California.