NEWSOM signs new CA laws to oppose the Trump immigration repression

From Kayla Mihalovich and Jean QuangCalmness

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Government Gavin Newsom Today, they have signed a set of bills designed to verify the aggressive immigration repression of the Trump administration in California, including measures that limit their access to schools and force them to identify themselves in public.

The new laws sound the “resistance” measures that California adopted during the first administration when it adopted A The so -called Sanctuary Act To restrict local law enforcement from cooperation with immigration agents, among other policies.

President Trump promised historical efforts to deport and attack over Sanctuary -style policies When he entered office for the second time. His administration criticizes the new laws on state immigration even before Newsom signs them.

The Ministry of Interior Security earlier this week called on Newsom to veto a mask account veto – One of the more controversial pieces of immigration legislation – calling it “contemptuous”.

“Once again, the sanctuary politicians are trying to ban officers who wear masks to protect themselves from being dinned and directed by famous and suspected terrorist sympathizers,” said September Assistant Sept. McLflower in September 16.

California can fight for the implementation of new laws, some of which have already raised constitutional issues around the role of the state in federal operations, but legislators claim that they are legitimately protected.

California political consultant Mike Madrid said, when signing the laws, Newsom shows that he can stand up and fight, whether he has a chance to win or not.

“At this point, when there are very few cards to play for state governments and state legislative bodies, California did what no other country did: it established itself as the tip of the spear for resistance to many of these efforts that have treated its values,” says Madrid, a longtime republican consultant who is a long -standing consultant.

“99% of this is the competence of the federal government. So many of it is simply symbolic, but the symbolism matters. It is both politically insightful but also morally correct,” he said.

The Bills Newsom package signed:

• Assembly Bill 49 It prohibits schools from allowing employees of law enforcement staff to the campus without an order.
• Senate Bill 627 It is widely prohibited from federal and local law enforcement officers from wearing face masks while fulfilling their duties.
• Senate Bill 805 Requires law enforcement officers to identify themselves while fulfilling their duties with some exceptions.
• Senate Bill 81 It prohibits the implementation of immigration from entering restricted areas of a healthcare facility without a court order or court order.
• Senate Bill 98 It requires schools and higher education institutions to send notifications to the Community when the implementation of immigration is on the campus, and prohibits the application of immigration from entering certain areas without a court order or court order.

The California Democrats began drafting immigration bills, almost as Trump took office in January. These efforts have accelerated after the Trump Administration launched Aggressive immigration mete throughout Los Angeles, which led to weeks protests and subsequent Deployment of the National GuardS

“All this legislative resistance is to protect Angelos from its own federal government. This is deep,” said Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a press conference with Newsom and other democratic leaders.

Will the laws matter?

Kevin Johnson, Professor of Immigration Law and former Dean of the Law School of UK Davis, said the legislation could have a marginal impact on federal immigration implementation operations.

In 2018, for example, California adopted a Law on Restriction Immigration Arrests in Supreme Court buildingsS This has not stopped the Trump administration Hold people in these courts This year.

“The federal government will continue to do what it does in one form or another,” he said. “I think the legislation gives some hope and optimism to the communities that feel under fire, vulnerable and mostly hated by the federal government.”

Shiu-Ming Cheer, a deputy director at the California Immigrant Policy Center, remains hope that the account package will guarantee safety for people visiting school and access to healthcare.

“With most laws, there must be a truly energetic monitoring of both the state and the defenders to ensure that it is indeed applying and following,” she said.

California Police opposed the mask ban

The most reflective bill in the package was the proposal of Democratic Senator Scott Wiener for a broad ban on federal and local law enforcement officers wearing face masks while performing their dutiesS The law, also known as the “Secret Police Act,” does not apply to certain forms of facial coverage, such as face shields, and releases some officers, including those undercover. Employees who violate the law will face a violation or violation.

Wiener and a democratic sensation. Jesse Argin, Sasha Perez and Aisha Wahab supported the legislation after seeing footage of masked and unidentifiable agents performing operations.

“Ice’s recklessness creates chaos, as agents move around with what they are effective skiing masks and without identification, picking up, throwing them into unmarked vehicles, and disappearance of them,” says Wiener of San Francisco on a legislative hearing in August. “When law enforcement officers hide their identity, it destroys the confidence of the community.”

California law enforcement groups have opposed the bill, claiming that it will largely apply to the local police, not to the federal agents, since the federal government is likely to claim constitutional grounds.

“It uses an emotionally busy question at the federal level to accept a bill that will only affect local Peace officials,” said Brian Marvel, president of the California California Peace Officers Association, which lobbies on behalf of police unions. “You are upset by the federals, but you will punish us.”

Other law enforcement experts have repeated these concerns, arguing that it was illegal to interfere with federal operations.

“The California cops will not apply this law,” says Ed Shayashi, a longtime police officer in California, who is now a special prosecutor and adviser on Modok County Sheriff. “You cannot regulate the legal federal behavior, whether the legislature likes it or not.”

The law allows employees to be judged personally for “painful behavior”, including whether they attack or wrong arrest someone while masked.

“Private performance may be avenue where the implementation is most likely,” Johnson said.

The bill has caused hours a controversial debate about the floors of the Senate and the Assembly, with many Republicans calling it wrong.

“My immigrant family is not afraid” of the striking implementation of immigration, said Republican member of Fresh Republic David Tangipa, “Because we have not violated the law.”

But the Democrats were lively because just days before the US Supreme Court had come to the Trump and Ice Administration for Conducting Roving Mete through Los AngelesObviously, capturing the workers of the Observer Day or someone who appeared Latin in his draina. The bill, they said, was their way to step back.

“We need complete protection of the fronts for the violence coming from this regime,” says Hector Pereira, a non -profit policy manager for internal information on immigrant justice that co -sponsors the mask bill and another bill To protect private data suppliers’ private dataS “We have to react with a united front of power and aggression, not from passivity.”

Kayla Mihalovic is California local news.

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