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Here’s how Trump could carry out his deportation plan and what California could do to stop it

By AirTalk Staff
Published Nov 15, 2016
MAYWOOD, CA - MAY 16: A welcome flag is flanked by the flags of the U.S. and Mexico on top of a building May 16, 2006 in the Los Angeles-area city of Maywood, California. In November, voters, angered that city police were stopping and seizing hundreds of cars whose unlicensed drivers frequently turned out to be illegal immigrants, elected a new majority on the city council. The new council majority promptly voted to eliminate the police department's traffic division, resulting in car impoundments dropping from 240 a month to 40. The city in January also officially opposed a proposed federal law that would have criminalized illegal immigration and forced local police to enforce immigration law. Approximately 96 percent of the city's 29,000 residents is Latino, with an additional 10,000 illegal residents living within city limits, according to estimates. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
A welcome flag is flanked by the flags of the U.S. and Mexico on top of a building May 16, 2006 in the Los Angeles-area city of Maywood, California.
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Here’s how Trump could carry out his deportation plan and what California could do to stop it

Mayors of several so-called “sanctuary cities” across the country are pushing back on President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to deport as many as 3 million undocumented immigrants immediately upon taking office.

Here in California, the state senate’s top leader, Kevin de León released a statement  this week to assure undocumented immigrants living in California that “State leaders will defend your due process rights and aggressively avail ourselves of any and all tools to prevent an unconscionable over-reach by a Trump administration in California. We will protect our people and prosperity.”

But what exactly can the state government do to prevent Trump’s mass deportation plans? Larry talks with the California Senate President pro Tempore about his plans. We also drill down into the specifics of how such a deportation plan would work.

Guest:

Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), California Senate President pro Tempore; he joins us live from the United Nations climate change conference (COP22), which is currently taking place in Marrakech, Morocco