They said it would violate the state's sanctuary law limiting their ability to work with border or interior agents, Rodney S. Scott, chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol's San Diego Sector, told a federal court.
Agent Scott, in his sworn declaration filed in the case, says the laws go well beyond that to actively obstruct public safety and law enforcement.
"Under those circumstances, Border Patrol had no choice but to release the intoxicated subject to the public," Agent Scott said.
In the third incident involving the fake UPS truck Agent Scott said a California Highway Patrol officer had pulled the vehicle over for an invalid registration.
A Border Patrol agent pulled up to assist - a common courtesy among law enforcement agents who see another officer conducting a solo stop - and was able to take control of the immigration case, arresting the illegal immigrants and the driver.
Agent Scott said if his agent hadn't been there, the highway patrol officer could have let the smuggler and all 77 illegal immigrants go.
"Although the encounter was the result of an Agent taking initiative and attempting to ensure the safety of a fellow law enforcement officer conducting a single officer vehicle stop, it was seen as a negative encounter due to the passage of SB 54," Agent Scott said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/7/california-sanctuary-laws-obstruct-public-safety-l/
Agent Scott, in his sworn declaration filed in the case, says the laws go well beyond that to actively obstruct public safety and law enforcement.
"Under those circumstances, Border Patrol had no choice but to release the intoxicated subject to the public," Agent Scott said.
In the third incident involving the fake UPS truck Agent Scott said a California Highway Patrol officer had pulled the vehicle over for an invalid registration.
A Border Patrol agent pulled up to assist - a common courtesy among law enforcement agents who see another officer conducting a solo stop - and was able to take control of the immigration case, arresting the illegal immigrants and the driver.
Agent Scott said if his agent hadn't been there, the highway patrol officer could have let the smuggler and all 77 illegal immigrants go.
"Although the encounter was the result of an Agent taking initiative and attempting to ensure the safety of a fellow law enforcement officer conducting a single officer vehicle stop, it was seen as a negative encounter due to the passage of SB 54," Agent Scott said.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/7/california-sanctuary-laws-obstruct-public-safety-l/
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