Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits prisons from working with ICE contractors.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any officer, employee, contractor, or employee of a contractor of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from (Sec. 2):

• Facilitating or allowing entry to the department’s premises, or authorizing an employee or contractor of a private security company to arrest, detain, interrogate, transport, or take into custody, an individual in the department’s custody or an individual on the department’s premises for immigration enforcement purposes;

• Detaining an individual longer than their eligible release date for immigration enforcement purposes or due to a detainer request issued by an immigration authority;

• Coordinating with an employee or contractor of a private security company to interrogate parolees for immigration enforcement purposes; or

• Transfering an individual in the department’s custody to another state prison within 90 days of the individual’s release date, with certain exceptions.

• Defines “immigration enforcement purposes” as any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, including any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry or reentry into, or employment in, the United States (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits prisons from working with ICE contractors.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any officer, employee, contractor, or employee of a contractor of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from (Sec. 2):

• Facilitating or allowing entry to the department’s premises, or authorizing an employee or contractor of a private security company to arrest, detain, interrogate, transport, or take into custody, an individual in the department’s custody or an individual on the department’s premises for immigration enforcement purposes;

• Detaining an individual longer than their eligible release date for immigration enforcement purposes or due to a detainer request issued by an immigration authority;

• Coordinating with an employee or contractor of a private security company to interrogate parolees for immigration enforcement purposes; or

• Transfering an individual in the department’s custody to another state prison within 90 days of the individual’s release date, with certain exceptions.

• Defines “immigration enforcement purposes” as any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, including any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry or reentry into, or employment in, the United States (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text