One of California‘s most multicultural towns is considering a measure to back Donald Trump‘s mass deportation policy in a move directly contradicting Governor Gavin Newsom‘s pledge to protect migrants.
The El Cajon City Council in San Diego County debated a motion which would retract sanctuary city status and assist the mass deportations Trump has promised to enact in his second term, which begins next week.
The President-elect vowed to enact a multi-billion dollar mass deportation plan targeting the millions of people residing in the US illegally.
While the wider state of California is largely opposed to Trump’s deportation agenda, Mayor Bill Wells said his proposal was simply a matter of ‘staying compliant with federal law.’