The governor has rejected a bill similar to AB 15 and has attempted to prohibit state prisons from detaining someone for ICE requests and more.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has indicated that if the bill passes Congress it will reject a bill that would prevent California’s prison system from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
CDCR is prohibited from detaining someone on ice requests and sharing an individual’s release date with ICE, responding to an informational ice request, or transferring it to an individual’s ICE custody.
“The governor has two rejected versions of the bill,” Newsom’s office said in a statement emailed to the Epoch Times.
Currently, California law allows the CDCR to notify and coordinate with ICE to obtain custody of illegal immigrants who came at the end of their state’s sentence for a felony offence.
The governor’s office shared statistics that the state’s prison system notified and adjusted the relocation of 10,588 state prisoners, including illegal foreigners who committed serious crimes, with ice. These crimes include assault and battery, threats, rape, theft, fraud, felony DUI, drug crimes, and more.
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Newsom previously rejected assembly bill 1306 in 2023 and another version of assembly bill 1282 in 2019.
“He was mayor of San Francisco, so he was in his position for many years,” the governor’s office said.
“I think current laws are well balanced by limiting interactions to support community trust and cooperation between law enforcement and the community.”
Newsom said his administration recognizes the need for improvement.
“The CDCR, as a federal law enforcement, will limit how it communicates with ICE, so information will only be provided to the ice if non-citizen individuals enter prison and are approaching the day of release,” Newsom said in 2023. I wrote in the veto of the following: ICE then decides how it will proceed with federal law enforcement. ”
Newsom also rejected the bill.
“The bill places statutory restrictions on the ability to transfer inter-prison prisons in California Department of Corrections and prohibit private security companies from allowing them to enter facilities for immigration enforcement,” he said. I wrote it in 2019.
“I am concerned that the provisions of this bill will have a negative impact on prison operations and may interfere with and delay necessary transfers between facilities for myriad circumstances-specific reasons, such as medical and court obligations. There is.”
Parliamentary Bill 15, first introduced in December 2024, remains on the committee. The next step is to bring the bill to the floor of the house for consideration.
The Epoch Times contacted Gipson and contacted the bill’s co-hosts for comments, but there was no response at the time of publication.
