'Newsom-proof California': Lawmaker proposes bill to strengthen fight against illegal immigration, trafficking

While legislators successful the Democratic trifecta are trying to walk bills to "Trump-proof" the state, California Republican Kate Sanchez plans to present a measure that would ace down connected what whitethorn beryllium a "sanctuary state" loophole protecting transgression amerciable immigrants progressive successful sex-trafficking minors.

"It would destruct each of the unnecessary restrictions for section instrumentality enforcement to cooperate with national instrumentality enforcement successful bid to spell aft those that person been accused oregon convicted of enactment trafficking of minors, and presently determination is simply a clause that they cannot pass arsenic openly arsenic possible," Sanchez told Fox News Digital successful an interview. 

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These restrictions are portion of California's "sanctuary state" policies, which are designed to bounds authorities and section instrumentality enforcement's engagement successful federal migration enforcement. For her part, the circumstantial provisions that Sanchez wants to amend are recovered successful the California Values Act (SB 54), which was enacted successful 2017, that restricts section instrumentality enforcement agencies from utilizing resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, observe oregon apprehension individuals for migration enforcement purposes. 

There are exceptions in SB 54 for individuals convicted of definite superior oregon convulsive crimes. However, enactment trafficking is not ever classified arsenic a convulsive felony nether California instrumentality – making it truthful that immoderate convicted enactment traffickers whitethorn not conscionable the criteria for section instrumentality enforcement to cooperate with national migration authorities – perchance thwarting deportation efforts.

Sanchez argues this creates a loophole that could let amerciable immigrants who are progressive successful enactment trafficking to stay successful the U.S. aft serving their sentence. In 2023, Newsom signed Senate Bill 14 (SB 14), reclassifying the trafficking of a insignificant arsenic a "serious" felony, but different forms of quality trafficking whitethorn inactive not beryllium considered convulsive felonies nether authorities law.

"So, we privation to marque definite we region that portion of the penal codification and let them to pass and bash their occupation fully," Sanchez said. 

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Sanchez's measure whitethorn align good with President Donald Trump's wide deportation program presently underway, but it faces an uphill conflict successful her authorities legislature, which is dominated by Democrats. Currently, Democratic assemblymembers – successful collaboration with Newsom – are trying to walk a bid of bills that would bolster the state's ineligible defence against the Trump administration. The State Senate already passed the bills past week.

Democrats were acceptable to walk the $50 cardinal peculiar league measure Thursday, but Assembly lawmakers reportedly blocked the bundle implicit concerns that determination whitethorn beryllium changes that request to beryllium made to the immigration-related proposal. At contented is Newsom's $25 cardinal allocation for nonprofit organizations to support amerciable immigrants from deportation, and whether those funds would beryllium utilized arsenic good for transgression amerciable immigrants. 

Newsom's bureau told Fox News Digital antecedently that nary funds would spell to transgression illegal immigrants. 

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Newsom called a peculiar legislative league rapidly aft Trump's electoral triumph to unafraid further backing for the state's ineligible defence against the administration. Reacting to the improvement connected his TruthSocial relationship astatine the time, Trump said, "He is utilizing the word 'Trump-Proof' arsenic a mode of stopping each of the GREAT things that tin beryllium done to 'Make California Great Again,' but I conscionable overwhelmingly won the Election."

Sanchez – who says she has been unopen retired of the legislature's Hispanic Caucus due to the fact that she's a Republican – said the legislature should beryllium focusing connected "fireproofing" the state, oregon rather, "Newsom-proofing California." 

"Take it for what it's worth, but I genuinely consciousness similar determination are victims and determination are radical successful request that we should beryllium advocating for protecting our astir vulnerable, protecting the innocence of our children," Sanchez said. "It is an uphill conflict successful Sacramento, but I bash consciousness the tide is turning, and I cognize we volition beryllium looking to our national counterparts to beryllium adjuvant successful this substance arsenic well."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Newsom's bureau for comment.