LA Mayor Bass provides cash payments to illegals, issues order to thwart immigration enforcement
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order Friday to bolster protocols and support immigrant neighborhoods, including offering cash assistance, in response to raids by the Trump administration targeting those living in the United States illegally.
The order is intended to help protect the city's workforce and residents from the federal government during immigration enforcement operations. It also demands that federal agencies provide records of the raids, who was detained and for what reason and the cost to taxpayers, which will be part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
"There is a need for me to have an executive directive to help our city understand how to protect itself from our federal government," Bass said at a press conference. "What we have seen here over the last, now six weeks of raids that pop up, and we never know exactly when and where they're going to happen.
"The directive will help city workers know how to address immigration officials should they approach a city department," she added.
The order also requires city departments to create a plan for protocols and training on how to comply with Los Angeles' sanctuary city ordinance.
In addition, Bass said a plan is being worked out to provide cash assistance to those affected by the enforcement operations, the Los Angeles Times reported. Cash cards with a "couple hundred" dollars on them will be distributed by immigrants' rights groups in about a week, Bass said.
"You’re telling me that isn’t a Babylon Bee headline?" a White House spokesperson said, referring to the satirical news site. "Recent immigration enforcement in California has resulted in successfully detaining countless violent criminals and liberating children from illegal labor exploitation. But instead of helping these children or putting American citizens first, Bass is doubling down on her defense of illegal aliens.
The order is intended to help protect the city's workforce and residents from the federal government during immigration enforcement operations. It also demands that federal agencies provide records of the raids, who was detained and for what reason and the cost to taxpayers, which will be part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
"There is a need for me to have an executive directive to help our city understand how to protect itself from our federal government," Bass said at a press conference. "What we have seen here over the last, now six weeks of raids that pop up, and we never know exactly when and where they're going to happen.
"The directive will help city workers know how to address immigration officials should they approach a city department," she added.
The order also requires city departments to create a plan for protocols and training on how to comply with Los Angeles' sanctuary city ordinance.
In addition, Bass said a plan is being worked out to provide cash assistance to those affected by the enforcement operations, the Los Angeles Times reported. Cash cards with a "couple hundred" dollars on them will be distributed by immigrants' rights groups in about a week, Bass said.
"You’re telling me that isn’t a Babylon Bee headline?" a White House spokesperson said, referring to the satirical news site. "Recent immigration enforcement in California has resulted in successfully detaining countless violent criminals and liberating children from illegal labor exploitation. But instead of helping these children or putting American citizens first, Bass is doubling down on her defense of illegal aliens.
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