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Conservative California Cities Revolt Against State's Anti-Trump Policies

In Southern California, there is a growing backlash against the state's resistance to the Trump administration on illegal immigration and other issues.
Los Alamitos Mayor Pro Tem Warren Kusumoto argues his small city is being caught in the middle of a legal fight between the Trump administration and the state of California.

At last count, nearly a dozen local governments in California have now voted to oppose what's known as the state's "sanctuary law" — Senate Bill 54 — escalating tensions over the long divisive issue of illegal immigration in the Golden State.

The law, passed last year, aims to protect some immigrants in the country illegally by limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.

California is believed to have the largest population in the country of undocumented immigrants, and the

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