{"id":13011,"date":"2018-01-04T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=13011"},"modified":"2018-01-03T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T17:15:25","slug":"signs-mocking-californias-new-sanctuary-status-appear-along-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=13011","title":{"rendered":"SIGNS MOCKING CALIFORNIA\u2019S NEW SANCTUARY STATUS APPEAR ALONG HIGHWAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SIGNS MOCKING CALIFORNIA\u2019S NEW SANCTUARY STATUS APPEAR ALONG HIGHWAYS<br \/>\nby Kevin Ryan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13012\" src=\"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sanctuary-1024x621.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>California rang in 2018 with a new \u201csanctuary state\u201d law going into effect that prohibits state and local law enforcement officers from inquiring about a person&#8217;s immigration status, from arresting persons because of civil immigration warrants, or from participating in a joint task force with federal officials to <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">enforce immigration laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>No sooner had the law had gone into effect than someone put up very official looking signs mocking the policy. At least 15 signs appeared in various locations welcoming felons, gang members, and cheap labor, because \u201cDemocrats need the votes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Banksy-esque street art was quickly removed by Caltrans, but not before images of the signs went viral on social media. It\u2019s not clear who was responsible for the prank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIGNS MOCKING CALIFORNIA\u2019S NEW SANCTUARY STATUS APPEAR ALONG HIGHWAYS by Kevin Ryan California rang in 2018 with a new \u201csanctuary state\u201d law going into effect that prohibits state and local law enforcement officers from inquiring about a person&#8217;s immigration status, from arresting persons because of civil immigration warrants, or from participating in a joint task &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/?p=13011\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SIGNS MOCKING CALIFORNIA\u2019S NEW SANCTUARY STATUS APPEAR ALONG HIGHWAYS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13013,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13011\/revisions\/13013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-glen-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}