“While U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned sanctuary cities Monday that they could lose some federal funding if they didn’t cooperate with immigration officials, experts and local officials said California cities are already complying with federal law.
Whether or not the city was actually in violation of the law, La Puente officials on Monday were openly defiant of the Trump administration. City Manager David Carmany said threats to defund cities that do not cooperate with immigration authorities would in no way change the city’s approach to policing in the community.
“If Attorney General Jeff Sessions doesn’t like sanctuary cities I have two words for him, ‘Lo siento’,” said Carmany. “We will not be bullied by this threat.”