A new bill that would prevent prisons from turning over certain newly released undocumented immigrants to federal authorities for deportation passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee April 12.
Assembly Bill 1306—also known as the Harmonizing Our Measures for Equality (HOME Act) and authored by lawmaker Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles)—will build off previous legislation that failed to pass last year.
The previous bill aimed to ban the transfer of all undocumented immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for potential deportation following the completion of a prison sentence.
However, the new bill only proposes safeguarding some from being transferred to federal authorities under specific circumstances, such as clemency from the governor….