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California Democrats have new plans for confronting ICE: Taxes, lawsuits and location bans
California Democrats propose bills to curb federal immigration enforcement, including taxing detention centers holding 5,700 people and banning local law enforcement moonlighting as federal agents.
- On Tuesday, California Democratic state senators advanced a measure to make it easier to sue federal agents for civil‑rights violations, sending it to the Assembly after more than 90 minutes of debate.
- Amid concerns about federal tactics, lawmakers moved bills this year that build on laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year to counter aggressive immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
- Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, Democrat from Culver City, authored a bill to prohibit law enforcement from moonlighting as federal immigration agents, and Assemblymember Matt Haney proposed a 50% tax on detention‑center profits.
- Supporters say the package increases accountability and legal recourse for civil‑rights violations, while Republican critics argue the bills overstep federal priorities and risk undermining cooperation, Sen. Tony Strickland said.
- The measures aim to fund defense attorneys, close information-sharing gaps, and scrutinize for-profit immigration detention companies, even as some prior laws face legal challenges and a federal judge halted civil courthouse arrests in Northern California this month.
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California Democrats have new plans for confronting ICE: Taxes, lawsuits and location bans
California Democratic senators advanced a measure Tuesday that would make it easier for people to sue federal agents over civil rights violations, a bill shaped by fears of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement practices.
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