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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Confusion has deed location for overmuch of California’s Central Valley, arsenic aggregate cities and counties were precocious deemed to clasp ‘sanctuary designation' by an online database published by the Department of Homeland Security.
Though that database has since been taken down, those entities included the cities of Fresno, Madera, and Huron, arsenic good arsenic the counties of Madera, Tulare, Mariposa, and Merced.
According to a connection from a elder DHS authoritative sent to YourCentralValley.com, the designations are based connected "numerous factors, including self-identification arsenic a sanctuary jurisdiction, noncompliance with national instrumentality enforcement successful enforcing migration laws, restrictions connected accusation sharing, and ineligible protections for amerciable aliens."
Now, section governmental and instrumentality enforcement leaders are speaking out, including Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke.
"I privation to marque definite that everybody successful the satellite knows that, not lone no, but hellhole no, we are not a sanctuary county, and if you travel to this region reasoning that, you are going to person a rude awakening," Warnke said.
Warnke has been near wondering however this happened.
The aforesaid goes for Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, who said successful a statement, “It’s unclear to maine however the City of Fresno ended up connected a Department of Homeland Security database of jurisdictions that allegedly person obstructed federal immigration enforcement. Fresno is not, by immoderate definition, a sanctuary city.”
Dyer says they are present awaiting clarification from DHS.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux says his region volition "never" beryllium a sanctuary jurisdiction.
Warnke, meanwhile, doubled down and said whoever made the database didn't bash their homework.
"Somebody had their caput wherever it shouldn't person been erstwhile they were making this list," helium said. "I'll archer everybody, if you notation Merced County successful a condemnation connected immoderate classification, you amended person your facts straight."
He said helium wants it changed, and fast, and said he's unfastened to calls from anyone astatine DHS.
"My saying is, if they travel from Mars, they're going backmost to Mars," Warnke added.
While the database is offline for now, the Department of Homeland Security says it is being reviewed constantly, tin beryllium changed astatine immoderate time, and volition beryllium updated regularly.
