ICE will target California neighborhoods in wake of state’s new sanctuary law.

The head of the federal deportation agency said Friday his agents will now have to go out into communities in California even more frequently to round up illegal immigrants, now that the state has embraced a full sanctuary policy.

Tom Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comments a day after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB54 into law, canceling almost all cooperation state and local authorities can give to federal deportation officers.

He said the effect could be even more rank-and-file illegal immigrants snared because federal officers will now have to operate out in the community, rather than focus chiefly on prisons and jails.

“ICE will have no choice but to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at worksites, which will inevitably result in additional collateral arrests, instead of focusing on arrests at jails and prisons where transfers are safer for ICE officers and the community,” Mr. Homan warned.

Thanks to the law’s restrictions on the ability of the private prison industry to hold illegal immigrants in California, Mr. Homan said his agency will also have to ship those being detained to facilities outside the state, making it even tougher for their families to visit them.

The new law also voids a specific cooperation agreement ICE had with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office under the 287(g) program, which had allowed local authorities to identify and prepare deportable aliens within their jails to be turned over to ICE.

“These are uncertain times for undocumented Californians and their families, and this bill strikes a balance that will protect public safety, while bringing a measure of comfort to those families who are now living in fear every day,” Mr. Brown said in approving the law.

Immigrant-rights activists also cheered the legislation, with Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, calling it a “stinging rebuke” to President Trump.

“With this and other steps, California is declaring that it wants no part in aiding and abetting Trump’s deportation force,” Mr. Sharry said.

Mr. Homan’s statement, though, suggests the paradox of sanctuary cities.

The goal is often to thwart immigration enforcement efforts, but that usually means protecting those who have come in contact with prisons or courts — including convicted criminals — that local authorities then refuse to turn over to waiting ICE officers.

Instead, the officers must try to arrest them at their homes or jobs out in the community — where their family or other illegal immigrants around them could also be arrested.

But it also takes more manpower — perhaps a full team of a half-dozen officers — to conduct an arrest in the community.

That means fewer illegal immigrants overall may be arrested, but more of them could be collateral arrests rather than the criminal targets all sides say should be the priority.

Republicans in Washington have called for a pushback against sanctuary cities and states, with a bill clearing the GOP-controlled House earlier this year.

Meanwhile a number of legal challenges — both for and against sanctuary cities — are making their way through the federal courts.

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shieettt.. idk how to feel about this. i live in CA and i live alone so i hope i dont become collateral in my workplace. lol

what do you guys think of Sanctuary State/Cities?

Sanctuaries cities don't exist and is a term used by the right wing to target cities/target for their own xenophobic agenda

i dont think it was even possible to obstruct the law enforcement duties of federal officials in the first place.

i dont mind the term, makes me feel secured and our peeps that hangout at the home depot safe. lol

ICE is probably gonna pick some of them up to help out. but ICE doesn't have an infinite budget. They may do it once or twice every 2-3 months. You can't have agents walking around looking for us.

Do illegal immigrants really hang around Home Depot or is that some bad joke? It reminds me of that Jim Carey movie where he gets deported

bro, thats for real... some of my fam like hire them off the street to move furniture from house to house. instead of hiring a moving company, all you need is U-Haul truck and them folks that hang around home depot. it's sad sometimes because they just wanna make a living. they would do any manual labor for like just $60 a day.

A state can't obstruct, but they don't have to assist in any measure. So if SFPD were to get a detainer on someone ICE suspects is here illegally they can just let him go and shrug when they ICE shows up to pick him up.

Collective punishment is what this is. They are going to make sure to arrest parents while their kids are at school and do all they can to make a scene that shows how cruel they are and then they're going to blame it on the California law.

I hope if any ally citizens get caught in the cross fire they sue they shit out of ICE.