Bay Area assemblyman introduces bill that would tax 50% of profits from private ICE detention centers in California

"ICE is engaged in a reign of terror across the country and they plan to grow their attacks on California, Haney told Bay Area News Group. We have to be ready, and this is a way we can undermine their ability to operate here. Haney's bill, AB1633, is aimed at limiting the profits of the detention centers, which take in hundreds of millions of dollars annually throughout the state."

"There are massive corporations that are profiting from family separation and human suffering right here in California by partnering with ICE on human detention, Haney said. It's happening with no accountability. It's giving these companies hundreds of millions in profits and Californians are paying the cost. While there are no ICE detention centers in the Bay Area, Bay Area residents have been detained by ICE agents and sent to the centers throughout the state, Haney said."

Matt Haney introduced AB1633 to impose a 50% tax on profits of private immigration detention centers operating in California. The measure aims to limit profits from facilities that receive hundreds of millions annually and to dissuade companies from opening new centers. The bill targets corporations partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and frames private detention as profiting from family separation and human suffering. Haney represents California's 17th Assembly District. Bay Area residents have been detained and transferred to statewide facilities despite no centers in the Bay Area. The proposal seeks to prevent ICE expansion and to reduce financial incentives for detention operations.

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