You know, it's a sad day when your city is more to the left than Burlington, VT. Remember a couple weeks ago when I told you how Mayor Bob Kiss of Burlington proposed making Burlington a sanctuary city for illegals, but was shot down by the city council. Well AllahPundit has details on the intentions of Mayor Nick Inzunza of National City to do the same thing.

The council doesn't seem to approve of it, however they've all but made themselves a sanctuary anyway, just without calling it that. This is apparently why Inzunza acts as if he's really just stating what is already going on. The San Diego Union-Tribune has details:

Mayor Nick Inzunza declared in an interview on National Public Radio last week that he wants National City to be a sanctuary city, a designation being promoted through a grass-roots effort in other parts of California and the country.

However, the other City Council members are irritated that he never informed them of the idea.

“If he wants to declare it, he can do it as Nick Inzunza, but he can't declare it for the city,” said Councilman Ron Morrison. “We've already done so many things as far as the acceptance of the (matricula consular) ID cards. We've made sure that our police policy is such that we're not out there calling the Border Patrol on people.”

Inzunza said in a written response to questions that there was no need to notify the council of his intent because city policy already prevents immigrants from being targeted for deportation without reason. He said he is not enacting any new laws.

Inzunza said his radio statement was nothing more than a proclamation reaffirming the city's current practice, which does not need council approval.

By the way, there are a number of cities that have already declared themselves sanctuary cities:

Other cities in the state have deemed themselves sanctuary cities, including Maywood, Pomona, Huntington Park and Coachella. Outside of the state, El Paso, Texas; Portland, Maine; and Cambridge, Mass., have declared themselves sanctuary cities.

I'm still confused how this is able to happen. The mayors and council members of these cities are encouraging law breaking on massive scales. Why is it these guys aren't forced out of office by the state? It's not a matter of "disagreeing", this is encouraging criminal activity, and making their local law enforcement ignore federal law. Would this be allowed if it were any federal law other than immigration? I'm just really stunned that this can even happen.