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Thursday, April 9, 2026

DHS whistleblowers allege California's sanctuary protections are used by human traffickers - Rebel News

Whistleblowers close to the Department of Homeland Security allege that California’s sanctuary state policy, which protects illegal aliens from arrest and deportation, is being used by human traffickers who operate the enterprise for Mexican drug cartels.

California joined a number of other Democrat-led states to provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants through state policy in October 2017. The policy prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and prevents police from asking about the legal status of suspects.

The law, which was signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown, allows illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses in the state, and vote in local elections that do not require U.S citizenship.

In a report by Breitbart, whistleblowers close to the Department of Homeland Security said that the policy is a “vital tool for smugglers for the cartels who bring thousands of border crossers and illegal aliens to the United States-Mexico border every day.”

“For example, in cases where federal immigration officials are trying to track down smugglers and the illegal aliens they are smuggling, whistleblowers said California local police almost never intervene to help with arrests,” the report stated.

A whistleblower who spoke to the publication said that law enforcement officers are “not allowed to intervene, ever,” and that the officers will even inform concerned citizens that they wish they could help, but aren’t allowed to....



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