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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday to protect violent illegal immigrants in order to maintain “public safety.”

The board voted 3-1 to become a “Super Sanctuary” county, which means under the resolution illegal immigrants accused of things like rape would be protected by the county from federal immigration authorities, said the sole supervisor who voted against the resolution.

“San Diego County has a vested interest in maintaining public safety and effective law enforcement while also managing its resources efficiently,” the resolution states. “By avoiding active cooperation with ICE, including through a specific notification to ICE of the release dates of immigrants, the County avoids treating a group of individuals differently solely on the basis of their immigration status.”

The resolution states the county will not provide:

“…assistance or cooperation to ICE in its civil immigration enforcement efforts including by giving ICE agents access to individuals or allowing them to use County facilities for investigate interviews or other purposes, expending County time or resources responding to ICE inquiries or communicating with ICE regarding individuals’ incarceration status or release dates, or otherwise participating in any civil immigration enforcement activities.”

Republican supervisor Jim Desmond, who voted against the resolution, said in a post on X the policy will shield illegal immigrants “who have committed violent and heinous crimes, including: Rape and stalking. Assault and battery. Burglary, Child Abuse and more.”

Desmond explained that if an illegal immigrant committed a crime like rape, “San Diego County would be legally prohibited from directly coordinating with ICE … effectively protecting these offenders from deportation.”

But according to the Democrat-supported resolution, “Refusing to comply with the federal immigration notification and transfer requests helps ensure the sustainable allocation of local resources by prioritizing their use for community needs rather than federal immigration enforcement.”

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The policy allegedly will help foster “an inclusive environment,” which the resolution argues is needed since the state’s sanctuary law (SB54) “fell short of protecting” violent illegals.

San Diego County Sheriff Kelly A. Martinez, however, said the office “will not change its practices based on the Board resolution and policy that was passed at today’s meeting.”

“The Board of Supervisors does not set policy for the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff, as an independently elected official, sets the policy for the Sheriff’s Office.”

Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2