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Blue state county faces backlash after failed vote to scrap ‘super sanctuary’ policy: ‘Fringe Democrats’


By Cameron Arcand Fox News | Published March 12, 2025 2:48pm EDT

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San Diego County’s “super sanctuary” policy will remain in place for now following a failed vote to scrap it from Republican county officials. 

“The Biden Administration forced San Diego County onto the front lines of its relentless border crisis and now fringe Democrats in the County are trying to do the same,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told Fox News Digital in a statement. 

“The people in my district want no part of policies that have contradicted our laws, blocked law enforcement, and gotten innocent Americans killed. Mark these words: Sanctuary policies are going away,” Issa, whose district includes part of San Diego County, continued.

The county’s policy further constrains the ability of authorities in San Diego, a border county, to comply with federal law enforcement when it comes to turning over illegal immigrants, and opponents believe the policy opens the door to the county protecting those suspected of serious crimes.

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San Diego County’s “super sanctuary” policy will remain in place for now following a failed vote to scrap it from Republican county officials.  (Derek Shook/Fox News Digital)

“This is deeply disappointing,” Republican Supervisor Jim Desmond said in a statement. “This was not about politics. This was about ensuring that criminals—rapists, child abusers, burglars, and violent offenders—are removed from our communities. Instead, fear and misinformation won the day, leaving law-abiding residents at greater risk.”

Although Desmond and Supervisor Joel Anderson voted to get rid of the policy that was put in place by the board’s Democratic majority in December, Democratic Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe argued that repealing it would then give a role outside the scope of the county’s purview.

“Even in the very wording of policy L-2, it doesn’t protect criminals. What it was about is ensuring that this county stays in its lane and protects our region and that the federal government stays in its lane,” Democratic Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe said during the meeting before voting “no.” Her Democratic colleague, Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, abstained.

VENEZUELAN GANGS ARE FAR FROM A ‘FAKE’ PROBLEM, COLORADO DA SAYS: ‘GIANT ISSUE’

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The county’s policy further constrains the ability of authorities in San Diego, a border county, to comply with federal law enforcement when it comes to turning over illegal immigrants, and opponents believe the policy opens the door to the county protecting those suspected of serious crimes. (Fox News)

The move comes as immigration and border policies changes have had a sweeping impact, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to conduct raids around the country and border crossings have plummeted.

In addition, Trump border czar Tom Homan has been a vocal opponent of governments with sanctuary city policies. 

The Jewish Family Service of San Diego’s migrant center shut its doors last month as the number of migrants arriving in the area took a massive tumble. 

“This failure also makes it harder and more dangerous for federal immigration authorities to do their job. It is far safer and less invasive for ICE to detain criminals while they are still in jail — rather than forcing federal agents to enter our communities, neighborhoods, and workplaces to make arrests,” Desmond continued.

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Trump border czar Tom Homan has been a vocal opponent of governments with sanctuary city policies. 
Trump border czar Tom Homan has been a vocal opponent of governments with sanctuary city policies.  (Getty Images)

There is currently one vacancy on the board left open by former Chair Nora Vargas, who exited her position just weeks after putting forth the policy, according to KPBS.

Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand 

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Jonathan Gruber apologizes to Congress for ‘inexcusable’ political comments about Obamacare


By Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times – Updated: 1:38 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2014

URL of the Original Posting Site: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/9/jonathan-gruber-apologizes-congress-inexcusable-po/#ixzz3LQpytgZW 

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as he testified before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. Congressional Democrats charged Tuesday that Republicans are seizing on a health adviser's self-described "thoughtless" and misleading remarks to attack President Barack Obama's signature health care law. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, as he testified before the House Oversight Committee health care hearing. Congressional Democrats charged Tuesday that Republicans are seizing on a health adviser’s self-described “thoughtless” and … more >

Gruber-Head-NRD-600-w-logoJonathan Gruber, the man whose clumsy remarks sparked the latest Obamacare headache for the White House, apologized to Congress for “glib, thoughtless and sometimes downright insulting” observations about the stupidity of the American voters and how the health overhaul passed, testifying Tuesday he shouldn’t have forayed into politics in his academic speeches.

Mr. Gruber said his caught-on-tape comments should not reflect poorly on President Obama’s signature achievement, which is under threat in the courts and from Republican opponents set to take full control of Congress.

“It’s never appropriate to try to make oneself seem more important or smarter by demeaning others. I knew better. I know better. I’m embarrassed, and I’m sorry,” Mr. Gruber, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the House oversight committee.

The economist downplayed his role in the formation of the Affordable Care Act, saying he provided microsimulation models to describe the reforms’ impacts and was not the law’s “architect.”Complete Message

Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, California Republican, and his fellow Republicans were not deterred by his attempts to dampen the scandal, saying his remarks were not mistakes, but rather an inadvertent look at health law’s harsh truths.

For four hours, they highlighted the economist’s penchant for braggadocio and threatened to subpoena records to find out how much he was paid to help the Obama administration.

The panel’s top Democrat, meanwhile, scolded him for gifting the GOP another weapon in their fight against Obamacare.

“Man, you did a great job. You wrapped it up with a bow,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland.The-Suicide-King

He also chided Republicans for failing to offer a comprehensive solution to Obamacare, and failing to acknowledge that their 2012 nominee for president, Mitt Romney, worked with Mr. Gruber to pass health reforms that paved the way for Mr. Obama’s national vision.

Undeterred, Mr. Issa used large TV screens to play Mr. Gruber’s remarks. In one, the economist said the law was scored in a “tortured” way to game budget rules and obscure its impact from the American public.

Obamcare’s opponents have held up Mr. Gruber’s comments as exhibit “A” in what’s wrong with Obamacare and how Democratic majorities muscled it through Congress in 2010.Hazardous

The comments were a setback for the Obama administration, which had been trying to move on from a botched rollout last year and outrage over health-plan cancellations despite Mr. Obama’s pledge that Americans could keep their coverage.

Tuesday’s lengthy hearing did not turn into the gloves-off sparring match that many anticipated, although it did have its awkward moments.

At one point, Mr. Issa asked Mr. Gruber: “Are you stupid?”

“I don’t think so, no,” Mr. Gruber replied.1

His testimony overshadowed that of an actual government official, Marilyn Tavenner, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), who testified it was “regrettable” that her agency included 400,000 dental plans with the enrollment figures it reported to the committee earlier this fall.

When the dental plans were excluded, Obamacare enrollment fell to 6.7 million in the first go-around, or less than the 7 million target the Congressional Budget Office had estimated.Got-Your-Back

Mr. Issa, who denied Mrs. Tavenner’s request to testify apart from Mr. Gruber, said it took a staffer 20 minutes to find the error.

“Simply put, this was a mistake,” Mrs. Tavenner said, vowing it would not happen again.

Mr. Gruber made a clarification of his own, regarding the context of taped remarks in which he seems to suggest Obamacare subsidies should only flow to state-run exchanges.

A lawsuit before the Supreme Court makes that same argument and could seriously dent the health care law by cutting off the tax credits to about two-thirds of the states, which use the federally run exchange.FrankenG-600-LI

Mr. Gruber said he was speaking hypothetically about what would happen if the Obama administration, “for whatever reason, might not create a federal exchange.” If that happened, the only way states could be sure that their residents would get tax credits would be to set up their own exchanges, he told the committee.

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Oversight committee to meet to consider contempt for Lois Lerner


House Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings and chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa convene a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)  

Oversight committee to meet to consider contempt for Lois Lerner

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Rep. Darrell Issa is convening a meeting of the House Oversight Committee to consider contempt charges against Lois Lerner.

The “business meeting” will be held on April 10, 2014 at 9 a.m. in the Rayburn Office Building.

“Ms. Lerner’s involvement in wrongdoing and refusal to meet her legal obligations has left the committee with no alternative but to consider a contempt finding,” Issa said in a statement.

While the last full Oversight hearing resulted in a headline-making back-and-forth between Issa and Democratic Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, the last important Oversight Committee business meeting resulted in the finding that Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights.

Committee business meetings are open to and attended by committee members from both parties

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/03/oversight-committee-to-meet-to-consider-contempt-for-lois-lerner/#ixzz2xwl3nJU3

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