In clear defiance of the mandate President-elect Trump has just gotten from voters to begin mass deportations, the city of Los Angeles just voted unanimously to become a sanctuary city, prohibiting any city resources from being used to aid the Trump administration in this effort.

Here’s the news:

NBC LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday adopted a sanctuary city ordinance that prohibits the use of city resources in immigration enforcement, including cooperating with federal immigration agents as the incoming Trump administration hints at immigration crackdown.

The city council passed the motion unanimously to codify the protective measures after City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto and Mayor Karen Bass expedited the draft ordinance last week.

Because the measure was passed with an urgency clause, the sanctuary city statute will go into effect immediately as soon as Mayor Bass gives final approval.

While former Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an executive directive in 2019 to protect immigrants, and the LAPD officers are already prohibited from asking people’s immigration status when making arrests, Tuesday’s ordinance, which was initially proposed in 18 months ago, will officially put the sanctuary policy in the city’s books.

“We know often members of our immigration community – even without this (Trump) administration – have lived in fear and have consequently among the highest rates of underreporting of crime, assaults or violence,” Councilmember Monica Rodriguez said. “We don’t have a safer city if people are living in fear and hiding in the shadows and unable to come forward and cooperate with law enforcement in manners that we need them to particularly because we want to keep them safe.”

The newly approved ordinance would also prohibit “any city resources, property or personnel from being utilized for any federal immigration enforcement,” as well as city cooperation with federal immigration authorities in “execution of their duties” as it pertains to immigration enforcement.

It would also prohibit Los Angeles officials and agencies from directly or indirectly sharing data with immigration authorities.

Newly appointed Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell has said the department would not engage in immigration enforcement. He has remained steadfast in that position.

They want to keep illegals safe but are putting their citizens in danger by not aiding the federal government in catching the worst among them. Now how exactly does that make sense? They should be doing everything they can to find these illegal immigrants who are threats to this nation or their own citizenry and help the incoming administration remove them.