LAPD will not help deport immigrants under Trump, chief says
LA TimesLos Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Monday that he has no plans to change the LAPD’s stance on immigration enforcement, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to toughen federal immigration laws and deport millions of people upon taking office. At a meeting Friday at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti said the city would question Trump’s decisions on immigration. — Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayor “Our law enforcement officers and LAPD don’t go around asking people for their papers, nor should they,” he said. kate.mather@latimes.com cindy.chang@latimes.com ALSO Los Angeles students stage walkout to protest President-elect Trump LAPD union complains there were too few officers to handle demonstrations, blasts mayor’s support of protests Trump names Priebus and Bannon as top White House aides and says deportations will begin immediately UPDATES: 3:40 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from a sheriff’s spokesman and an estimate of the number of people living in Los Angeles County who are in the U.S. illegally.
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