The proposal to repeal California’s sanctuary state law failed in a state Public Safety Committee meeting on April 19.
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) introduced Assembly Bill 1708 in an effort to remove the sanctuary state law Senate Bill (SB) 54.
SB 54 was passed in 2017 to make California a sanctuary state by preventing local law enforcement to contact the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about the release of illegal immigrants from jail, in order to limit the federal agency’s ability to deport them after release.
Kiley said during the committee meeting that SB 54 of 2017 was sold to favor immigrants in the state and that the bill was also misleading in this regard, however, since it does not concern both legal and illegal immigrants who do not engage in criminal activities.
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