"De Léon, who introduced the bill, made his remarks at a hearing in Sacramento on SB54, the bill to make California a 'Sanctuary State.'"

In addition to defending the practice of obtaining fraudulent documents and dismissing citizen concerns over identity theft, De Léon "expressed outrage" that it should be a deportable offense for foreign nationals — already here illegally – to then falsely obtain a Social Security card. That's even though any person who "willfully, knowingly, and with intent to deceive, uses a social security account number, assigned by the Commissioner of Social Security … to establish and maintain records) on the basis of false information furnished to the Commissioner of Social Security by him or by any other person … shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both."