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No More “Sanctuary City” Protection For Gangs
By Walter Moore, Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, WalterMooreForMayor.com.
If a gang member is in our country illegally, we should deport him BEFORE he commits a murder or other crime, not wait until afterwards.
Neither Los Angeles nor any other American city should be a sanctuary for gangs.
Right now, L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa’s “sanctuary city” policy prevents our police from enforcing our immigration laws against any illegal aliens, including gang members, unless and until they are arrested for committing additional crimes, like murder.
This “sanctuary city” policy cost Jamiel Andre Shaw, II, his life.
Jamiel -- a young man with an exceptionally promising future -- was murdered, police and prosecutors believe, by a known gang member who was in our country illegally.
Jamiel’s murder was preventable, and inexcusable. There is no legitimate reason to extend “sanctuary city” protection to gangs.
The Mayor could end “sanctuary city” protection for gang members with the stroke of a pen. But he refuses to do so.
We therefore need a law to require the Mayor and the Police Chief to investigate and arrest gang members here illegally before they get caught committing crimes, not just afterwards. That is what Jamiel’s Law would do.
Our city -- and every other city in America -- should be a sanctuary for people like Jamiel and his family, not a sanctuary for gangs. I have therefore drafted “Jamiel’s Law,” a proposed City ordinance to deny “sanctuary city” protection to gang members.
We owe it to Jamiel and his family to pass this law. Regardless where you live, please contact the Los Angeles City Council today. No family should ever again have to endure such a terrible loss -- a loss that was preventable.
