California's new laws to rein in immigration agents in Trump’s deportation campaign
Kit Johnson blogged yesterday about California's latest efforts to resist the Trump administration's zealous immigration enforcement measures. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a series of bills to resist federal immigration enforcement in the state, aimed at increasing oversight of detention centers and curbing ICE agents’ aggressive tactics. For further details, see CalMatters, KCRA.
Highlights include
" Civil lawsuits against federal agents: Senate Bill 747, the so-called No Kings Act, allows civil lawsuits against officers over alleged civil rights violations.
- Banning electric shock gloves: Assembly Bill 2760 prohibits federal agents from using electric shock gloves. Lawmakers advanced the bill quickly in response to reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought thousands of the weapons.
- Civil rights for detainees: SB 942 declares a bill of rights of people held in immigrant detention centers, including access to healthcare and healthy food.
- State investigations: SB 1399 extends a law that empowers state agencies to investigate conditions in immigrant detention centers.
- 911 calls: SB 423 requires government agencies to release details of emergency calls coming from immigrant detention centers. The bill was prompted by CalMatters’ reporting on alleged sexual assaults at Otay Mesa Detention Center.
- Access to state property: AB 1807 prohibits immigration agents from using state-owned property.
- Shooting investigations: AB 1806 requires state prosecutors to investigate shootings by federal immigration agents.
- Crowd control: SB 937 forbids law enforcement agencies from using flash-bang grenades to break up protests."
Expect legal challenges.
