Under a 1979 order formally known as Special Order 40, LAPD officers do not ask about immigration status while interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects, and do not arrest people based on immigration status.
Seems to me that if the city is unwilling to help enforce federal laws, it should not be deserving of federal dollars.
A similar policy was adopted in Hartford, CT. Furthermore, the local LEOs are under NO obligation to assist ICE agents either. THe reason? When there was a recent crack down on illegals. whole nieghborhoods "became ghost towns" (term unsed in the newspaper). The local merchants complaines about the lack of business to the mayor. Soooo like a bunch of tools, they caved and instituted the policy.
