A California city near the Mexican border has had enough of the state’s openness toward illegal immigrants — now taking the state’s sanctuary laws to court.
El Cajon, led by Republican mayor Bill Wells, just filed a lawsuit against the state’s sanctuary laws after its city council earlier in the week voted to pursue litigation. California has a law limiting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
“This might be one of the most important days of my life,” Wells said at a press conference.
El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images
That law was left intact in 2020 by the Supreme Court, but the lawsuit follows a new legal argument.…