Fresno is a 'sanctuary' city, DHS says, but Mayor Dyer says it's not

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Fresno is among the locations "defying Federal migration law," according to the Department of Homeland Security, 1 of 63 California cities to look connected a database of sanctuary jurisdictions.

The City of Fresno is 1 of 3 Central Valley cities to look connected the list, the others being the City of Madera and Huron. However, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer categorically denied it, saying successful a connection that "Fresno is not, by immoderate definition, a sanctuary city."

The database published by the department includes much than 500 jurisdictions arsenic portion of the enforcement bid "Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens" which, according to national officials, are sanctuary jurisdictions that are "deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of national migration laws endangering American communities."

Sanctuary cities support unsafe transgression aliens from facing consequences and enactment instrumentality enforcement successful peril.

In response, Dyer says it is "unclear" however the metropolis ended up connected the list. In a connection to YourCentralValley.com, Dyer categorically denied Fresno's presumption arsenic a sanctuary city, adding that the metropolis is "awaiting clarification from DHS to amended recognize the ground for this designation and volition find our adjacent steps erstwhile we person much information."

The Central Valley region jurisdictions that look connected the database see Merced County, Madera County, Mariposa County and Tulare County.

YourCentralValley.com has contacted the different region and metropolis jurisdictions listed for a connection successful response.