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.""

""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.""

""There are definitely people that are being taken from the Bay Area to the detention facilities, so even if they are not located here, our residents are being detained there. And we know that ICE plans to grow its deportation force exponentially," Haney said. "We want to also prevent that from happening unchecked without accountability anywhere in California. These companies sh"

Assemblyman Matt Haney introduced AB1633 to impose a 50% tax on profits of private immigration detention centers in California. The measure aims to limit corporate profits from detaining immigrants and discourage companies from opening new detention facilities. The bill targets firms that receive hundreds of millions in contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A recent fatal shooting by immigration authorities in Minnesota renewed concern about ICE operations and potential expansion in California. Bay Area residents have been detained and transferred to facilities elsewhere in the state. The proposal seeks to undermine ICE's operational capacity and reduce financial incentives for detention.

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