"You come into our state and you break one of our ... laws, you're going to be criminally charged. That's it,"
"Ms. Good should be alive today. David, that could have been you, the way they're conducting themselves,"
"You're now lucky if all they did was drag you by the hair or throw you in an unmarked van, or deport a 6-year-old U.S. citizen battling stage four cancer."
"I wish it was the 1960s, 70s, and 80s - we'd take them behind the shed and beat ... them,"
Federal immigration enforcement became central in California's gubernatorial campaign after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent, which provoked nationwide protests. Democrats at a Los Angeles labor forum denounced aggressive federal raids, with leaders asserting that federal agents must obey state law and recounting injuries and arrests during past raids. Republicans at a separate forum advocated rolling back sanctuary-state policies, with one candidate using violent rhetoric. Federal officials described the shooting as self-defense. The events underscored deep partisan divisions over immigration policy and the political stakes for state officials.
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