He has publicly refused to comply with Trump’s call for police officers to assist federal authorities by detaining undocumented immigrants for deportation. But Beck stands out among top cops, and has for years, having argued that if undocumented immigrants were to fear deportation, they’d be less inclined to cooperate on criminal investigations. Is it really all that common for undocumented immigrants to step up as witnesses to crime? He supported provisional driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants, saying roads would be safer if drivers were regulated. And he implemented a decree that prohibited 30-day impounds of vehicles in some cases, arguing that undocumented immigrants unable to get driver’s licenses were unfairly burdened.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2017 14:02 UTC