User:JohnAlbertRigali/Sandbox/Rule of law city

'''NOTE: This article is NOT in the main Wikipedia namespace! I am currently grooming this article for publishing in the main namespace. PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT. Discussion is welcome.''' - Rule of law city is a term given to an American city that is specifically declared to offer no protection for illegal immigrants. Following the example of the "sanctuary city" term, this designation appears to have no legal meaning.

History of rule of law cities
In an action prefiguring the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, the city council of Costa Mesa, California voted in December 2005 to permit its police officers to check the immigration status of criminal suspects. Now an ICE agent is assigned to Costa Mesa's jail to perform that specific duty.

The term appears to have first been used on April 28, 2010 by Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor (an honorary member of the Minuteman Project) in designating Costa Mesa as the first such city. Its city council passed a resolution on May 18 to officially apply the designation; Mayor Mansoor announced the passage of the resolution to a national audience on On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren on May 19 and on Happening Now on May 20.