Summary
California lawmakers have introduced two bills to limit the power of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state. The bills propose barring recent ICE employees from certain public jobs and imposing a 50% tax on profits from private ICE detention centers.
Key Facts
- California introduced two new bills focusing on ICE, a U.S. immigration agency.
- One bill bans recent ICE employees from taking specific public jobs, like teaching or police work, in California.
- The same bill also affects former employees of Alabama and Georgia corrections departments due to past misconduct.
- Another bill introduces a 50% tax on profits from private companies running ICE detention centers in California.
- The tax targets hundreds of millions of dollars in profit made by these private detention facilities.
- These bills come after public outcry over fatal ICE-involved shootings in Minnesota.
- The California Department of Justice has reported poor conditions in some private ICE facilities in the state.
