"A state lawmaker from Los Angeles County has introduced legislation meant to prevent local law enforcement officers from being commandeered into helping federal immigration officials carry out President Donald Trump's mass deportation program. The Protect California Rights Act, introduced by Sen. Sasha Renee Perez, D-Alhambra, would clarify that state and local law enforcement agencies cannot aid federal agents during operations involving what she described as racial or identity profiling, the criminalization of protected free speech or the use of unauthorized military weapons against Californians."
"Not only has the Trump administration targeted people based on how they look or speak; it has gone after U.S. citizens for criticizing U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents, Perez said Monday, Feb. 16, during a news conference at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum near downtown Los Angeles to announce SB 1105. Her bill aims to protect individuals who exercise their right to monitor or record law enforcement activities."
SB 1105, the Protect California Rights Act, would prohibit state and local law enforcement from assisting federal immigration agents in operations characterized by racial or identity profiling, criminalizing protected speech, or deploying unauthorized military weapons. The bill seeks to protect the right of individuals to monitor and record law enforcement and immigration activities. California's 2017 sanctuary law already limited local involvement in federal immigration enforcement for nonviolent cases. ICE has reportedly requested local agencies to prevent public observers from documenting ICE actions, and one incident involved an LAPD perimeter around a factory during an ICE operation.
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