Los Angeles City Council members say they are working to fast-track legislation declaring Los Angeles a “sanctuary city” for illegal immigrants following President-elect Trump’s victory last week.

The law will prohibit federal immigration officials access to city databases and prohibiting the use of city resources for immigration enforcement. The munitions were first passed last year but have faced a lengthy regulatory review and have yet to come into effect.

City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez, who supports speeding up the process, also called on President Biden to renew a program that allows illegal immigrants from Central America to stay in Los Angeles, the LA Times reported.

“People are angry more than anything,” Soto-Martínez told the Times. “They are excited and ready to fight back just like we did in 2016.”

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Maria Ramos of SEIU Local 721 rallies with dozens of other immigrant rights advocates outside the frame regarding a threat to current immigration policies across from City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on November 9, 2024 (Genaro Molina/Lo)

California officials appear poised to beat back the incoming Trump administration from top to bottom. California Governor Gavin Newsom said he was calling for an emergency on Thursday special session Supporting the state’s legal response to future attacks by the Trump administration.

Newsom’s office said in a press release that the special session will focus on protecting “civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families.”

“California is ready to fight“Whether it is our basic civil rights, our reproductive freedom, our climate action, we refuse to turn back the clock and allow our values ​​and laws to be attacked,” Newsom said on X.

His action comes just a day after Newsom said he would “try to work with the next president.”

The special session will convene on Monday, December 2.

Newsom is calling on the state legislature to allocate more funding to the California Department of Justice and other state agencies with additional resources to address legal challenges.

“The fund will support the ability to promptly file lawsuits and seek injunctive relief against unlawful federal actions,” Newsom’s office said. he said.

During Trump’s first termNewsom has filed lawsuits against the federal government more than 100 times.

Fox News’ Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.

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