Federal immigration enforcement: report.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about the penalties for non-compliance or the exact costs of compliance, leaving some uncertainty.

Reporting Immigration Enforcement Incidents

This law requires the Attorney General to publish an annual report on immigration enforcement incidents at designated safe locations and allows penalties for non-compliance.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Attorney General to submit a yearly report about immigration enforcement activities at designated safe places to the Legislature, Governor, and post it online.
• Includes summaries of reported immigration enforcement incidents in the report.
• Defines 'designated safe location' as educational institutions, health care providers, shelters, polling places, courthouses, public transportation property, and state/local government property.
• Prohibits including personal information about individuals involved in these incidents.
• Allows the Attorney General to request information from representatives of designated safe locations for compiling the report.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Attorney General
• Representatives of designated safe locations

Terms To Know

Designated Safe Location

Places like schools, hospitals, shelters, and courthouses where people can go without fear of immigration enforcement.

Immigration Enforcement

Activities related to investigating or enforcing federal civil or criminal immigration laws.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact penalties for non-compliance.
• It is unclear how much it will cost local agencies and school districts to comply with this law.

Official Summary Text

SB 1257, as amended, Arreguín.
Federal immigration enforcement: report.
Existing law, the California Values Act, requires the Attorney General, by October 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law at public schools, public libraries, health facilities operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, courthouses, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement facilities, the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the Division of Workers’ Compensation, and shelters and ensure that they remain safe and accessible to all California residents, regardless of immigration status. The act requires all public schools, health facilities operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, and courthouses to implement the model policy or an equivalent policy.
This bill would require the Attorney General, on or before October 30, 2027, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Legislature and the Governor, and post on its internet website, a report that includes, among other things, a summary of all immigration enforcement incidents and activities conducted by a person at a designated safe location that
has
have been
reported
an immigration enforcement incident or activity either onsite or
by the designated safe location or a person who witnessed the activity
to the Attorney General. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to request
representatives of a designated safe location to furnish any reported immigration enforcement incidents and activities as part of compiling its annual report and would authorize the Attorney General to issue civil penalties or conduct other enforcement activity to ensure compliance with these provisions.
The bill would prohibit the report from including any personally identifiable information regarding an individual stopped, detained, or arrested by an individual conducting an immigration enforcement activity.
The bill would define “designated safe location” to mean educational institutions, health care provider entities, shelters, polling places, courthouses, public transportation property, and state and local government property. The bill would define “immigration enforcement” for these purposes to mean an effort to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of a federal
civil or criminal immigration lawsuit. To the extent the bill would impose duties on locals, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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