Several major Southern California police agencies have no plans to alter immigration policies despite a pledge from President-elect Donald Trump to impose tougher immigration laws and deport some 2 million to 3 million immigrants with criminal records.

The Los Angeles Police Department will not change its immigration policies, Chief Charlie Beck said in remarks reported Monday.

“I don’t intend on doing anything different,” Beck said in a Los Angeles Times story. “We are not going to engage in law enforcement activities solely based on somebody’s immigration status. We are not going to work in conjunction with Homeland Security on deportation efforts. That is not our job, nor will I make it our job.”

An LAPD policy since 1979 bars officers from initiating contact with anyone for the sole purpose of determining if they are in the country illegally. The department also doesn’t refer low-level arrestees to federal authorities.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department also doesn’t plan to alter its immigration enforcement policies, said spokesman Lt. Mark Stichter.

“Our policy specifically states that an arrest or detention of suspected undocumented residents solely for violation of immigration laws is not appropriate enforcement action,” he said in a statement.

“The Law Enforcement Code of Ethics is written into our policy which, in part, reads…`to respect the Constitutional rights of all persons to liberty, equality and justice,’” he said.

The Sheriff’s Department will continue to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said in a statement.

“We cooperate with ICE by notifying them of inmates in our custody in the jail for serious and violent crimes,” Hutchens said. “This is part of the California Trust Act which allows us to notify ICE of these serious and violent crimes. We do not violate the California Trust Act.”

The Trust Act requires California counties to limit immigration hold requests in local jails.

After jail inmates are identified, the Sheriff’s Department’s assists ICE by notifying them of an inmate’s pending release.

“ICE can decide to pick up the inmate prior to release for deportation proceedings… as this is a federal responsibility,” Hutchens said.

Santa Ana police will also maintain the existing immigration enforcement policy.

“Our officers do not ask people their immigration status and do not enforce any federal immigration laws,” said spokesman Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

Trump made immigration a major issue during his campaign, saying he would build a wall and round up people living in the country illegally and deport them. Trump stepped back Sunday from his pre-election vow to immediately deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants and instead focused on criminals.

“We have a lot of these people, probably 2 million. It could be even 3 million,” he said on “60 Minutes” on Sunday. “We are getting them out of our country or we are going to incarcerate.”

City News Service and the Associated Press contributed to this report.