WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, slammed Republicans' lies about sanctuary city policies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing. As Republicans try to falsely cast sanctuary cities as lawless, Padilla set the record straight that sanctuary policies simply affirm that immigration enforcement is the job of the federal government - not state and local authorities.
He emphasized that these laws do not prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agents from arresting violent criminals in these cities once they are released from pris...