US EditionDemocratic Legislators Introduce Anti-ICE Legislation
California legislators propose bills to block tax breaks for companies working with ICE and restrict federal immigration officers' employment in the state, aiming to protect immigrant communities.
- This year a coalition of California Democratic legislators announced bills to target U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement, including rental bans and taxes on for-profit detention centers.
- Lawmakers said the move responds to ramped-up enforcement and recent federal immigration enforcement, citing the Minneapolis agent-involved shooting that killed Alex Pretti as a catalyst.
- Several proposals also focus on corporate contracts and service providers, including Assemblymember Alex Lee's bill to cut state tax breaks for California companies contracting with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
- Critics warned the bills could impose societal and taxpayer costs on California taxpayers and disrupt California peace‑officer recruitment pipelines, Steve Smith said Thursday.
- San Jose leaders held a Thursday press conference about potential immigration enforcement around the Feb. 8 Super Bowl and Rapid Response Network volunteers will deploy observers around Levi's Stadium, while distributing a hotline that gets more than 120 calls, Huy Tran said.
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California Bill Moves to Bar ICE Agents And Employees From Becoming Cops or Teachers
Assembly Bill 1627 seeks to prevent current and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees from taking positions as police officers or teachers across California. Introduced by Democratic Assembly member Anamarie Ávila Farias, the legislation reflects growing anger against federal immigration enforcement after actions taken under the Trump administration led to deaths and violence. The bill would bar ICE employees from any law enforcem…
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OC RegisterCalifornia lawmakers are pushing various immigration-related bills this year
From efforts to restrict rental companies from working with ICE to holding officers accountable for rights violations, we are tracking what California legislators are proposing this year.
California bill would bar ICE employees from becoming cops, teachers anywhere in the state
A newly proposed bill would bar ICE employees who worked for the agency under the Trump administration from becoming teachers or police officers in California as hostility toward immigration agents continues to simmer.
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