(The Center Square) – A coalition of Democratic legislators announced several bills they're introducing this year to target the activity of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement in California.
“Across our country, we’re seeing federal overreach,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, said Thursday at the beginning of a press briefing announcing the legislation. “We are seeing an abuse of authority and a dangerous erosion of basic accountability. In California, we’re not going to look away, and we’re certainly not going to normalize what is occurring.”
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