San Diego’s Board of Supervisors are working hard to deliver for their base. That’s good. The problem may lie with who they think their base is.

The Board of Supervisors gathered Tuesday to vote whether or not to close what county staff described as a loophole in state law that — in some circumstances — still allows local law enforcement to hand people over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

What “people”?

The lone dissent vote came from Republican Jim Desmond, who called the vote “an affront to every law-abiding citizen.”

“This reckless measure not only goes far beyond California’s already extreme sanctuary state laws, but actively endangers our communities by shielding illegal immigrant criminals from deportation,” Desmond said. “Consider this: under this policy, law enforcement is prohibited from notifying ICE about individuals, in custody, who have committed violent and heinous crimes, including rape and stalking, assault and battery, burglary, child abuse and more.

Illegal alien rapists are people too. And apparently the only people that the San Diego Board of Supervisors represents anymore.

The board letter states that “immigrant communities form an integral part of our county’s social fabric. When federal immigration authorities, including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Border Patrol, coerces local law enforcement to carry out deportations, family members are separated and community trust in law enforcement and local government is destroyed.”

Illegal alien rapists are an integral part of the social fabric of San Diego. The most integral.

Chair Nora Vargas cleared the room at Tuesday’s meeting before the board discussed the item, saying there was too much disruption from the public.

Understandable. She won’t expel illegal alien rapists, but will expel the public from a hearing.