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[quote=Anonymous]Standford Law:

[url=https://law.stanford.edu/2018/03/09/undocumented-immigrants-sanctuary-jurisdictions-law/]Undocumented Immigrants, Sanctuary Jurisdictions, and the Law[/url]

[quote][b]Can you remind us what it means to be a “sanctuary” state like California or city like Oakland or San Francisco?
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The term sanctuary has no uniform legal meaning, but in general it refers to integrationist policies—that is, policies that serve to integrate immigrants regardless of their status. So called “sanctuary” laws might include prohibition of use of county funds to initiate an inquiry or enforcement based solely on immigration status, or the refusal to hold ICE detainees (in county jails, for instance, until ICE arrives), or the refusal to let ICE agents into public spaces without a judicial warrant. So, it can take many forms. But it is not a protective blanket that prevents ICE from doing its work. They can do their job, but it’s a matter of how much assistance they get from localities.[/quote]

Of note, county funds are not supposed to be used to replace federal funds. People are not supposed to be held without a warrant -- ad if they are legally held temporarily without a warrant, it is supposed to be only for certain specific and limited reasons.

The term "sanctuary" was adapted from the "sanctuary movement" of the 1980s. That was a collaboration between some communities and churches to protect Central American refugees of civil war from being detained or apprehended without legal justification. [/quote]

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