first trace gallagher. martha it was 1:00 in the morning, one hour after christmas was officially over that ronil singh stopped 33 year old air i can t go good afternoon on suspicion of driving under the influence. several seconds later he called shot fired over the police radio. minutes later his colleagues found him mortality wounded. ariaga was on the run for two days before being captured as he tried to flea back to mexico. six of them were in the us illegally. president had been arrested for drunk driving in 2011 and again in 2014. under california s sanctuary policies, immigration ask customs enforcement were not notified of those arrests and ariaga stayed in the us. several california sheriff s blame the state s sanctuary law for officer singh s death.
former california governor jerry brown is pushing back, saying the law didn t take effect until 2018. he fails to mention in 2013 he signed the trust account a plea cursor to the sanctuary law which also prevented local law enforcement from cooperating with immigration agents and as far bass back at 2012 then california attorney general cam ma la harells sent a letter to police agencies saying in part, quote, several local law enforcement agencies appear to treat immigration detainers, sometimes called ice holds as mandatory orders. immigration detainers are not compulsory. instead they are merely requests. bottom line, california counties have been ignoring ice detainers for years. also it s unclear if perez ariaga will face the death
was killed by perez ariaga. deafuty as caught up with him at a home near bakers field, california after a massive manhunt. he crossed our border illegally into arizona some time ago. he is a criminal. he has two prior arrested for dui. reporter: several people were arrested including his brother and a coworker accused of lying to authorities and impeding the ability to find him faster. the sheriff could not contain his outrage over california s so-called sanctuary law. and under sb 4 in california based on other active warrants this criminal has out there, law enforcement would have been prohibited from sharing any information with ice about this