California Slapped With Lawsuit Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Sanctuary Law

A major California city is suing the state over its sanctuary law, arguing that it violates the Constitution and prevents local officials from protecting their community.

The City of Huntington Beach filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against SB 54, otherwise known as the California Values Act, which dramatically restricts how local and state law enforcement can cooperate with 🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The lawsuit argues that the policy not only violates the Constitution, but also directs city officials to violate federal 🛂Immigration laws.

“We are fighting the Sanctuary State Law because it obstructs our ability to fully enforce the law and keep our community safe,” Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns said in a public statement. “When the stakes are currently so high, with reports of increases in human trafficking, increases in foreign gangs taking over apartment buildings in the U.S., killing, raping, and committing other violent crimes against our citizens, we need every possible resource available to fight crime, including federal resources.”

“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.,” Burns continued.

The California Values Act was signed into law by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, which into effect the following year and has since remained controversial. The law — which was viewed at the time as