California Gov. Gavin Newsom Promises a veto to give a bill that would block the prison system of his state to collaborate with American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE), says a report.
Bill 15 of the meeting argues that “when the prisons and prisons of California voluntarily and unnecessarily immigrant and refugee community members are eligible for release of state or local custody of Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) For immigration – detention and deportation purposes, they subject these members of the community to double punishment and further trauma. ”
“The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will not retain on the basis of a hold request, provide an immigration authority with release date information or respond to a report request, transfer to an immigration authority, or facilitate or help a person a person in a person in Eigen for release, “reads part of the language of the bill.
However, the Newsom office told KCRA 3 that the Governor would pronounce the bill if it once lands on his desk this year. The legislation was currently referred to the public Safety Committee of the meeting, the station added.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is waiting for President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to get from Air Force One on January 24 when they arrive at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
A news spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital on Friday. The bill is sponsored by Mike Gipson, a democratic legislator who represents Los Angeles.
Two years ago Vetoed Assembly Bill 1306, which was on veto for similar actions.
“This bill prohibits the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide information or to respond to a request for coordination of the US immigration and customs enforcement, a federal law enforcement agency, with regard to the impending release of a noticed non-citizens, If the person is released under specific circumstances, “Newsom wrote at the time.
American immigration and customs enforcement is correct on the door of an alleged suspect during a recent operation in Chicago, Ill. Assembly Bill 15 would prevent the California prison system from working with federal immigration authorities. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty images)
“For a considerable number of people, the bill would prevent information for sharing and coordinating a person for a considerable number of people and, as a result, hinder the interaction of CDCR with a federal law enforcement agency in charge of assessing the risks of public safety , “he went on.
“I believe that current law thinks the right balance is to limit interaction to support community trust and cooperation between law enforcement and local communities. For this reason I cannot sign this bill,” concluded Newsom.
A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Officer has a few handcuffs on the short -term restricted housing unit of the State Prison in California, Sacramento. (Luis Snco / Los Angeles Times via Getty images)
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More than 10,500 prisoners in California have been transferred to ice custody since Newsom took office in 2019, KCRA 3 reported, referring to data from the prison system.
