Pacifica, CA Immigration Policy: Sanctuary Policy Preemption (2026)

, effective November 8, 2017, finding that entangling local law enforcement with federal immigration programs "diverts already limited resources" and discourages immigrant residents from reporting crimes or seeking city services. 03(a) bars local law enforcement agencies from using department money, facilities, equipment or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain or arrest anyone for immigration enforcement, from inquiring into a person's immigration status, from detaining someone on the basis of an ICE hold request, from letting federal immigration authorities interview people in local custody, or from performing the functions of a federal immigration officer.

5(c). 04 bars City buildings from being used for immigration enforcement absent a judge-signed warrant and requires staff to refer ICE requests to the City Attorney's Office, while accepting a matricula consular or other foreign photo ID wherever a state driver's license would otherwise be accepted. 05 restricts City officials from releasing an individual's release date, home address or other sensitive information absent a judicial warrant or Article III court order, and requires City forms to drop unnecessary citizenship or immigration-status questions within sixty days of adoption.