Huntington Beach Mayor Pat Burns wants the city to be declared a “non-sanctuary city.”

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Huntington Beach was declared a “non-sanctuary city” following a unanimous vote by the City Council on Tuesday night.

The City Council voted 7-0 to approve Mayor Pat Burns’ resolution.

Burns says the move will help law enforcement comply with federal immigration protocols under the new Trump administration.

California is currently a sanctuary state.

President Donald Trump’s executive order addressing the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has Burns’ full support.

Burns wants the city to support any efforts by the Trump administration to enforce federal immigration law.

“We need every law enforcement action whenever it’s needed, whether it’s fighting terrorists, fighting money thieves or whatever. We must have every law enforcement tool at our disposal to best serve our citizens,” Burns said.

His resolution declares the city of Huntington Beach a “non-sanctuary city for illegal immigration for crime prevention.”

“That doesn’t mean our police are going out and looking and patrolling and stopping people for being illegal,” Burns said. “That is not our capacity. This is a federal task.”

The mayor believes the state’s sanctuary law limits cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.

“It’s about taking out a link in the chain that we can’t afford,” Burns said. “We are mitigating the city’s law enforcement efforts to make it the safest place to be.”

Some residents like Jacquelyn Leyva say the resolution is controversial.

“I am absolutely not in favor of Huntington Beach being a ‘non-sanctuary city,'” Leyva said. “It really disappoints me because the reason we have a separation of federal and state laws is because we need to protect our citizens in California and especially in Huntington Beach.”

Burns disagrees.

He said his top priority is the safety of residents.

“Huntington Beach comes first here,” he said. “It’s not something you have to fight against the state for. If so, so be it, but it really serves Huntington Beach.”

All seven elected members of the City Council are conservative, so the resolution was expected to pass.

Eyewitness News reached out to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office for comment on the vote and did not receive a response.