LAist: "LA State Lawmaker Revives Effort To Stop Prison-To-ICE Transfers"

​For two years, State Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo of Los Angeles tried to push through a bill to stop noncitizens from being transferred to federal immigration authorities after finishing their sentences in California prisons and jails.

But the measure failed to pass the legislature last year, despite passionate support from Latino and Southeast Asian immigrant advocates. Backers say they’re trying to end the “double-punishment” of undocumented individuals and legal permanent residents that is disproportionately affecting their communities.

Now Carrillo is back with a narrower version of the bill, which aims to bar many — but not all — immigrant handovers.

“We will do whatever it takes to ensure that the immigrant community — regardless of their legal status, or where they were born — receive the same kind of judicial treatment that is equal to everyone else,” Carrillo said from the State Capitol, where the bill cleared the Assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday.

​The new legislation would apply to noncitizens coming out of the state prison system who fall into certain categories, including those who received clemency from the governor or who are sick and dying.

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