California Governor Signs 'Sanctuary State' Bill

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California Governor Signs 'Sanctuary State' Bill

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that places sharp limits on how state and local law enforcement agencies can cooperate with federal immigration authorities, placing California squarely and provocatively in conflict with President Trump and his calls to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

"These are uncertain times for undocumented Californians and their families," the governor said in a signing statement that laid out what the measure will – and will not – do. "This bill strikes a balance that will protect public safety while bringing a measure of comfort to those families who are now living in fear every day."

The bill, SB 54 by California Senate President pro tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), takes effect on January 1st, 2018. In broad terms, it extends local "sanctuary city" protections for immigrants living in California without legal documentation. . . . .

Specifically, it bans state and local agencies, excluding the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, from enforcing "holds" on people in custody. It blocks the deputization of police as immigration agents and bars state and local law enforcement agencies from inquiring into an individual's immigration status.

It also prohibits new or expanded contracts with federal agencies to use California law enforcement facilities as detention centers, although it does not force the termination of existing contracts – including Orange County's $22 million annual contract with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

"The California Values Act won't stop ICE from trolling our streets. It will not provide full sanctuary. But it will put a kink – a large kink – in Trump's perverse and inhumane deportation machine," De León said at a news conference Thursday after Governor Brown signed the bill. "California is building a wall – a wall of justice – against President Trump's xenophobic, racist and ignorant immigration policies."

[Kazmyr]

Trump's gonna wall off CA, instead.

[DBTrek]

Maybe we could gift California to Mexico as a goodwill gesture.


Man . . . can you imagine all those holier-than-thou social justice Californians living under the Mexican government? Whoo-weee!
"What do you mean I have to ride the pink metro so I don't get groped?!?!"

[Martin Hash]

Trump's Justice Dept needs to bring suit against California compelling them to comply with Fed regs, specifically naming Jerry Brown, go to SCOTUS, get a judgment, then arrest him if he refuses. I kinda like the idea. National Guard...

[The Conservative]

Have fun...

[Speaker to Animals]

Maybe we could gift California to Mexico as a goodwill gesture.


Man . . . can you imagine all those holier-than-thou social justice Californians living under the Mexican government? Whoo-weee!
"What do you mean I have to ride the pink metro so I don't get groped?!?!"

They already took back Southern California.

[Ex-California]

Maybe we could gift California to Mexico as a goodwill gesture.


Man . . . can you imagine all those holier-than-thou social justice Californians living under the Mexican government? Whoo-weee!
"What do you mean I have to ride the pink metro so I don't get groped?!?!"

But these glorious POC brown men aren’t allies? They have macho culture?

Real talk though, which one of y’all gon take a refugee family?

[Ex-California]

Trump's Justice Dept needs to bring suit against California compelling them to comply with Fed regs, specifically naming Jerry Brown, go to SCOTUS, get a judgment, then arrest him if he refuses. I kinda like the idea. National Guard...

As much as I’d like to see Jerry Brown hanging from a scaffold, couldn’t this end up being a 10th Amendment issue?

All these liberals who wanted the big bad Fed to enforce all kinds of their will on the South are going to be signing a different tune now

[Martin Hash]

It used to be that "federalism" meant States Rights, but now it means the opposite, federal preeminence. It's a funny linguistic world we live in.

I'm mostly on-board with federal regulations, I'm not much of a States Rights guy. Personally, the whole idea of having to suffer through another licensing agency just to cross an imaginary line (law, medicine, accounting, engineering, driver's license, marriage) is kooky, inefficient & prone to exploitation.

[Fife]

Maybe we could gift California to Mexico as a goodwill gesture.


Man . . . can you imagine all those holier-than-thou social justice Californians living under the Mexican government? Whoo-weee!
"What do you mean I have to ride the pink metro so I don't get groped?!?!"

They already took back Southern California.

By "Southern California," are you including Chico? I think those guys might be on the right side of the line. Maybe, iunno.