El Cajon declares it will help immigration enforcement

Residents protest El Cajon mayor’s resolution supporting Trump’s immigration crackdown
The small city of El Cajon in east San Diego County is considering going on the record supporting President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, including mass deportations.
El Cajon passes controversial immigration enforcement resolution on third try
El Cajon council members voted 3-2, confirming the city’s intent to work with federal immigration authorities.
El Cajon declares it will help immigration enforcement, in split vote on 3rd attempt
The controversial proposal to support local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal efforts was approved by the city council Tuesday
El Cajon votes to pass immigration enforcement resolution, but some believe it is ‘symbolic politics’
El Cajon City Council voted 3-2 to pass Mayor Bill Wells and Councilmember Steve Gobles’ new resolution, which affirms El Cajon’s status as a non-sanctuary city and grants local police officers protection if they cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
El Cajon City Council passes controversial anti-sanctuary measure amid community backlash
Mayor Wells argued that most residents support the resolution, citing the 57% of El Cajon voters who backed Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
El Cajon to again consider controversial immigration resolution
The new resolution declares the city’s “intent to comply with the enforcement of federal immigration law to the legal extent permissible for the sole purpose of removing those that have committed violent criminal offenses, as defined by California Penal Code Section 1192.7 (c), from our community.”
Three Tries Later, the El Cajon City Council Finally Approves Pro-ICE Resolution
The El Cajon City Council passed a resolution asserting the city's intent to support the Trump administration's deportation efforts 3-2 Tuesday afternoon amid a packed room filled with critics and some supporters.
Judge Calls Ex-El Cajon Cop's Behavior 'Extremely Disturbing,' Boosts Sentence
A former Navy detective and El Cajon police officer who choked a sailor to the point of unconsciousness was sentenced ...
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Ex-Navy detective and El Cajon police officer sentenced 15 months for excessive force
A former Navy detective and El Cajon police officer who choked a handcuffed Navy sailor at Naval Base San Diego to the point of unconsciousness was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison.
California woman busted with heroin-filled Bibles addressed to prison inmates learns fate
Heroin hidden in two Bibles found on a California woman were destined to be delivered to two prisons, the Justice Department ...
Heroin hidden in Bibles leads to 86-month prison sentence for San Diego woman
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego woman was sentenced to 86 months in prison for firearm possession and heroin distribution charges, ...
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EL CAJON CITY COUNCIL APPROVES ALLOWING POLICE TO COOPERATE WITH ICE, REVERSING PREVIOUS ACTION
Councilman Kendrick had the City Attorney clarify that SB 54 was challenged in federal court in 2017, but was upheld as constitutional by atrial court and by the 9th circuit court, with the Supreme ...
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El Cajon Pastor: Church hopes to expand tiny cabin program housing homeless women
Pastor Rolland Slade, the lead pastor at Meridian Baptist Church, says the program started as an experiment, but its success convinced the city of El Cajon to remove its ‘pilot project’ designation ...
San Diego Navy detective sentenced for choking sailor unconscious, lying about prior misconduct
About five years after Jonathan LaRoche resigned from the El Cajon Police Department over multiple uses of excessive force ...
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El Cajon Police Seek Public's Help to Identify Suspect in Target Electric Bicycle Theft
El Cajon Police are seeking public help to identify a man who stole an electric bicycle from a Target store. They released surveillance images and request information to be sent to PSO N. Jamison.