Dave Gibson
If the bill passes and the state refuses to cooperate with Secure Communities, California will join New York in that unlawful and dangerous endeavor.
San Francisco, CA – On Saturday, California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) held a press conference at St. Mary’s Cathedral to announce he is sponsoring legislation to counter the federal Secure Communities program, which requires local law jails to share the fingerprint data of all arrestees with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Many illegal alien advocacy groups are complaining that the federal program has resulted in too many deportations.
Ammiano said: “States have their own ways of fighting back. We can’t stand by and let innocent people, food vendors, etc., be caught up in sweeps, assume they’re guilty of some violent offense and then deport them and separate them from their families.”
The legislation, known as AB 1081 will be introduced in the spring.
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