Sacramento – Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office said this week it would reject a second bill that would limit the state prison system’s ability to coordinate with federal immigration authorities seeking to deport felons.
The threat of making headlines gave Democratic leaders the opportunity to counter the conservative narratives of California protecting immigrants with criminal records.
But the law would not have reached his desk in the first place. A spokesman for lawmakers who introduced the bill said he would not continue to pursue the law this year.
Assembly member Mike Gipson (D-Carson) decided to remove the policy in December after the sponsor said he wanted to go in a different direction, Gipson’s Chief of Staff Ej Aguayo said .
“We listened to our partner,” Aguyo said. “We were going to fix this almost the whole time.”
Aguayo said Gipson plans to amend the bill to a completely different proposal, but that hasn’t happened yet. He said the confusion could be attributed to the fact that the bill remains in its original form.
The governor’s office said it shared Newsom’s concerns about the bill with Council President Robert Rivas’ office. Before telling Politico that if he reaches his desk he will refuse to offer; However, he did not reach out to Gipson.
The efforts to use the bill to reject the image of California’s GOP as a “sanctuary state” for all immigrants, including felony records, have been found in the Trump administration’s local residency over democracies and immigration enforcement. It occurs when you strengthen your battle with your jurisdiction.
Immigration enforcement is a particularly challenging political topic for governors of nations that rely heavily on the migrant workforce. What appears soft to illegal immigration could be awkward for Newsom if he intends to run for president in a country that elected Republicans who pledged to exile the masses in November.
Since Trump took office, Newsom has repeatedly sought to make it clear that California law does not protect criminals in the prison system from deportation.
In 2017, California Democrats exempt the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from the key provisions of Senate Bill 54, the state’s marquee “sanctuary” law.
Under California law, the state prison system must hold federal immigration official prisoners and share information about the release date of US immigrants who have been previously convicted of violent or serious felony. You can do it.
Parliamentary Bill 15 They sought to ban federal government from working with the federal government on cases involving young and elderly offenders, including the release of young people, seniors and medical parole.
The threat of veto was consistent with the newspaper’s attitude towards immigration. The governor rejected a similar law introduced by former Congressman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles). Parliamentary Bill 13062023.
“I think current laws are well balanced by limiting interactions to support community trust and cooperation between law enforcement and the community,” Newsmom said. I’ve written it in the message.
Gipson will replace the immigration enforcement bill with an unrelated proposal that introduced last year. This requires law enforcement to consider requests to consider cold case murders by determining whether new leads can be unearthed, Aguayo said.
