Tue. Dec 3rd, 2024

A new Facebook group has formed in support of making Santa Ana a Sanctuary City. The group’s page states that “In Santa Ana we have the numbers to make Santa Ana a Sanctuary city but we act like a minority . We must fight back!”

An effort to do this died in 2008, after Council Member Michele Martinez’ motion was defeated by Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and the rest of the Santa Ana City Council.  Ironically, she is now part of Pulido’s team and is in a good position to reintroduce this idea to the rest of the Council.

Recently Pulido and his Council passed a motion voicing their displeasure with the racial profiling bill in Arizona, SB 1070.  Will they now revisit the idea of making Santa Ana a Sanctuary City?

We have an all-Latino City Council in Santa Ana, but the police keep cracking down on our people.  They did so brutally this week on Cinco de Mayo and are conducting another DUI checkpoint tonight.  The purpose?  To take cars away from immigrants and raise money for our bankrupt city by charging ridiculous impound fees.

Sanctuary city is a term given to a city in the United States that follows certain practices that protect undocumented immigrants, also known as illegal immigrants. These practices can be by law (de jure) or they can be by habit (de facto). The term generally applies to cities that do not allow municipal funds or resources to be used to enforce federal immigration laws, usually by not allowing police or municipal employees to inquire about one’s immigration status. The designation has no legal meaning. (Wikipedia).

Here in Orange County, the City of Garden Grove is a sanctuary city.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

3 thoughts on “Is it time to make Santa Ana a Sanctuary City?”
  1. So the police stop drunk drivers, and take away their car? And that’s a bad thing?

    I have the solution! nobody drive drunk, and the police will not be able to take away any cars! That will show them!

    1. Hey Daniel, don’t take this the wrong way, but we ALL break laws. I’m an honest, hard working US born citizen, and as a matter of fact, I work for a government agency, but I break laws every day. How many times do we grab our cell phone while driving? Are your windows tinted, cuz mine are. Do you do “California Stops”, cuz I do that too. Does that make me a bad person? I’m a responsible human being, but I’m not perfect. I personally am upset with some of the decisions our city council has made, such as flying the rainbow flag outside of city hall, allowing unlicensed drivers to have someone with a license pick up their car, terminating the ICE contract, and declaring Santa Ana a sanctuary city. I’m not perfect, but I do consider myself a law abiding, honest, and responsible human being even though I do break the law from time to time. Am I a bad person?

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