Thread: California Assembly OKs protection against workplace raids

By SOPHIA BOLLAG, Associated Press , KXTV 7:49 AM. PDT June 01, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Assembly on Wednesday passed and sent to the Senate a bill prohibiting employers from letting immigration agents enter worksites or view employee files without a warrant or subpoena.

Assemblyman David Chiu says his bill, AB450, aims to prevent workplace raids and make sure President Donald Trump follows the law in his efforts to deport millions of immigrants living in the country without authorization.

"This bill is about ensuring that if Donald Trump wants to send 10,000 ICE agents into our workplaces, that he do it legally," the San Francisco Democrat said, referencing Trump's plans to hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to crack down on illegal immigration. "We need to stand up for our immigrant families, we need to stand up for our immigrant workers."

Advocates of AB450 said they haven't seen workplace raids in California since Trump took office. But Steve Smith of the California Labor Federation — an organization supporting the bill — said the new administration has emboldened immigration enforcement agents, and there's concern they will begin targeting businesses.
Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio said she supported the bill as a former undocumented immigrant.

"I know firsthand the fears, the stress, the confusion of trying to survive moment by moment knowing that you can be torn from your family and be deported at any time," the Baldwin Park Democrat said.

Republican Assemblyman Travis Allen said the bill puts employers in an uncomfortable position by limiting them from cooperating with federal law enforcement. Fellow Huntington Beach Republican Assemblyman Matthew Harper said the measure would hinder immigration officials from doing their jobs.

"Let's stop the interference," he said. "Let's stop getting in the way of law enforcement officials."

The measure was among hundreds of bills facing a Friday deadline to pass out of the chamber they originated in.

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Unbelievable. Outlaws. California is an Outlaw State.

"I know firsthand the fears, the stress, the confusion of trying to survive moment by moment knowing that you can be torn from your family and be deported at any time," the Baldwin Park Democrat said.

This what happens when you're in the country ILLEGALLY.

Relieve your "fears" and deport yourself!

So in other words, California voted to break the law. Unbelievable. Trump better withhold federal money from the entire state of California for this. This craziness needs to stop.

We need to deport them and get them out of the country. I believe States have some rights, for example I support their rights to legalize marijuana. But protecting illegal aliens violates the Constitutional Authority of the federal government to prohibit immigration and importation of labor. That authority is written right into our original Constitution, no state can violate this one and get away with it.

Originally Posted by Judy

We need to deport them and get them out of the country. I believe States have some rights, for example I support their rights to legalize marijuana. But protecting illegal aliens violates the Constitutional Authority of the federal government to prohibit immigration and importation of labor. That authority is written right into our original Constitution, no state can violate this one and get away with it.

Exactly. States do not have the authority to say that people have a right to illegally cross U.S. borders.

Correct!