El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells has a rather stunning allegation to make against the state of California. Oh wait, maybe it’s not that stunning, considering Gavin Newsom’s Golden State is often at the heart of some of the most bat guano policies you’ll ever come across.
Wells says that officials actually hamper child welfare checks because they wouldn’t want to inadvertently come across an illegal alien and have to do something about it.
He wrote an op-ed for Fox News Thursday where he detailed the insanity:
California told El Cajon police that conducting a welfare check on an unaccompanied child could violate state law -- because it might lead to sharing information with federal authorities.
— Bill Wells (@MayorBillWells) March 19, 2026
Think about that. A child who may have been trafficked or abandoned. And the state says…
His tweet continues:
Think about that. A child who may have been trafficked or abandoned. And the state says checking on them is the problem.
Earlier this week, I sent a formal letter to AG Bonta demanding a real answer: Do California's sanctuary laws conflict with federal law that makes it a felony to encourage someone to remain in the country illegally?
Un freakin’ believable.
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Wells had more to say in his op-ed, and it will make your blood boil. This is the definition of one-party progressive rule run amok:
Last summer, a member of the El Cajon City Council asked California Attorney General Rob Bonta a question: Can our police officers conduct welfare checks on unaccompanied children using information provided by federal authorities?
The answer should have been yes. Instead, the attorney general's office warned that even confirming a child's location to federal officials could violate SB 54 — the state law that limits local cooperation with immigration enforcement. In other words, checking on a kid who might be in danger could put our officers on the wrong side of California law.
The city of El Cajon is caught between a state government building an extensive legal wall between local police and federal immigration authorities, and an obligation to follow federal criminal law that conflicts with those same state policies.
This reply to Wells’ tweet is pretty hardcore, but it’s hard to argue with:
California politicians have become demonic. They are anti-human. They encourage child abuse, and sexual perversion of every kind.
— Anny Sp (@AnnySpeco) March 19, 2026
Imagine the predicament for law enforcement officers as they try to combat crime while also adhering to California’s criminal-loving, illegal alien-coddling policies:
Consider this confusion from a patrol officer's perspective. SB 54 says our officers cannot inquire about immigration status, cannot honor ICE detainer requests without a judicial warrant and cannot use city resources to assist with federal immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice has signaled that officials who obstruct federal immigration operations could face prosecution. Our officers didn't sign up to be referees (or punching bags) in a fight between Sacramento and Washington.
Wells had tweeted earlier about the vagaries of SB 54:
Federal law makes it a felony to encourage or induce someone to reside in the United States unlawfully.
— Bill Wells (@MayorBillWells) March 18, 2026
California's sanctuary policies do exactly that. SB 54 blocks local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. State law extends government benefits,… pic.twitter.com/kyqHFUjZrv
State law extends government benefits, driver's licenses, and health care regardless of legal status.
These policies were designed to let people stay in California without fear of deportation.
The laws were designed to “let people stay in California without fear of deportation,” because more illegal immigration is exactly what they want. Like former President Joe Biden, Gavin Newsom and Co. think flooding the country with “undocumented people” will keep them in power forever.
Even if a few kids are left unprotected along the way.
Editor’s Note: California is the poster child for everything that is wrong with the Democrat Party and the “progressive” movement.
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