Sanctuary City

Maywood, one of the first city's in California to designate itself a Sanctuary City.

Sitting in the shadows of Downtown and alongside the industrial corridor of the LA River, Maywood is somewhat of a bell-weather for the term Sanctuary City.

The small southeast Los Angeles County suburb officially claimed the status in January 2006, largely to defend its immigrant populous from an overly zealous police traffic department. A radical move at the time, attracting white supremacists, minuteman groups and national attention. But the city stood firm, defiant in its belief that the police department was not there to act as agents of immigration law.

And now, as over 400 cities and counties across the US have likewise adopted the sanctuary status, many look to tiny Maywood, a city of 1.2 square miles, as a leading light in a larger fight against radical authoritarianism out of the Trump White House.

A sign posted above the I-5 freeway heading into Maywood declares local opposition to I.C.E, (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

Albert visist the Immigration window at Latinos Immigration & Tax office in Maywood, Ca. (http://www.latinosimmigrationcenter.com)

At the church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Maywood, a NIGHT OF IMMIGRATION INFORMATION. "Come and learn how to prepare and protect yourself and your family in the event of an encounter with immigration."

Rev. Dario Miranda of The parish church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Maywood leads a NIGHT OF IMMIGRATION INFORMATION. "Come and learn how to prepare and protect yourself and your family in the event of an encounter with immigration."

God Bless America.

Cudahy, a city neighbouring Maywood, whose City Council meetings are regularly protested by extreme Alt- Right groups. Matthew Woods of Los Angeles, pictured, attends the City Council Meeting to declare his firm belief that California is Socialist state and quickly becoming a Communist state.

Sanctuary City. Maywood, Ca., is one of the first city's in California to designate itself a Sanctuary City.

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Cudahy, a city neighbouring Maywood, whose City Council meetings are regularly protested by extreme Alt- Right groups.

Maywood, one of the first city's in California to designate itself a Sanctuary City.