Wells, who decried illegal immigration during his recent unsuccessful attempt to unseat Congressional Rep. Sara Jacobs, announced on social media that his resolution before the council had failed 3-2.

The El Cajon City Council voted down a resolution proposed by Mayor Bill Wells that declared the city's intent to support President Trump's deportation policies, which contradict California state laws limiting local government involvement in immigration activity.

Immigration activists gathered outside El Cajon City Hall Tuesday ahead of a meeting in which the city council voted against a resolution that would have allowed local law enforcement to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration policies.