'Newsom-proof California': Lawmaker proposes bill to strengthen fight against illegal immigration, trafficking
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California state lawmaker Kate Sanchez will introduce a bill to close a loophole in current law preventing federal and state officials from working together to combat sex trafficking.
"It is an uphill battle in Sacramento, but I do feel the tide is turning[.]" Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
These restrictions are part of California's "sanctuary state" policies, which are designed to limit state and local law enforcement's involvement in federal immigration enforcement. For her part, the specific provisions that Sanchez wants to amend are found in the California Values Act (SB 54), which was enacted in 2017, that restricts local law enforcement agencies from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect or arrest individuals for immigration enforcement purposes.
There are exceptions in SB 54 for individuals convicted of certain serious or violent crimes. However, sex trafficking is not always classified as a violent felony under California law – making it so that some convicted sex traffickers may not meet the criteria for local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities – potentially thwarting deportation efforts.
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