In response to the aggressive immigration incursions of the Trump Administration that have traveled southern California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills aimed at protecting immigrants in schools, hospitals and other areas led by federal agents on Saturday.
Speaking in Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles, Newsom said that President Trump had turned the country into a “dystopian science fiction film” with scenes of masked agents that hurry immigrants without legal status in unmarked cars.
“We are not North Korea,” said Newsom.
Newsom framed the pieces of legislation as a setback against what he called the “Secret Police” of Trump and Stephen Miller, the White House advisor who has promoted the increase in the application of the immigration law of the second Trump administration in cities led by Democrat.
SB 98, written by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Alhambra), will require school administrators notifying families and students if federal agents perform immigration operations on a K-12 or University Campus.
The bill 49 of the Assembly, drafted by the assembly of the Assembly to Muratsuchi (D-Rolling Hills Estates), will prohibit immigration agents for non-public areas of a school without a court order or court order. It will also prohibit school districts to provide information about students, their families, teachers and school employees to immigration authorities without a court order.
The bill 81 of the Senate of Senator Jesse Arreguín (D-Berkeley) will prohibit medical care officials of revealing the state of immigration or the place of birth of a patient, or giving access to non-public spaces in hospitals and clinics, immigration authorities without a search warrant or court order.
The 627 draft Senate of Sens. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Jesse Arreguín (D-Berkeley) are aimed at masked federal immigration officers who began to stop migrants in the deposits and car washed in California earlier this year.
Wiener has said that the presence of anonymous and masked officers marks a turn to authoritarianism and erodes confidence between the application of the law and citizens. The law would apply to local and federal officers, but for reasons that Weiner has not explained publicly, he would exempt the State Police as the officers of the California road patrol.
Trump immigration leaders argue that masks are necessary to protect the identities and safety of immigration officers. The National Security Department called Newsom on Monday to Veto Wiener legislation, which will surely be challenged by the federal government.
“The legislation of Senator Scott Wiener that our Federal Police prohibits by using masks and their rhetoric that compared them to the 'Secret Police', comparing them with the Gestapo, is despicable,” said the assistant secretary of the DHS, Tricia McLaughlin.
The invoice package has already caused friction among state and federal officials. Hours before signing the invoices, the Newsom office wrote in X that “Kristi Noem will have a bad day today. Nothing, America.”
Bill Essayli, the interim American prosecutor in Los Angeles, shot at X accusing the governor of threatening Noem.
“We have zero tolerance for direct or implicit threats against government officials,” Essayli wrote in response, adding that he had requested a “complete threat assessment” by the United States Secret Service.
The supremacy clause of the Constitution of the United States dictates that the Federal Law has priority over state law, which leads some legal experts to question whether California could enforce the legislation addressed to federal immigration officials.
Essayli pointed out in another statement about X that California does not have jurisdiction over the federal government and has ordered federal agencies not to change their operations.
“If Newsom wants to regulate our agents, he must go through Congress,” he wrote.
California has not been able to prevent federal officers from arresting immigrants based on their appearance, language and location. An appeal court arrested the raids, that California officials alleged that they were clear examples of racial profiles, but the United States Supreme Court annulled the decision and allowed the arrests to resume.
During Saturday's press conference, Newsom pointed out an arrest made last month when immigration officers appeared in Little Tokyo while the governor announced a campaign for the new congress districts. The masked agents appeared to intimidate the people who attended the event, said Newsom, but also arrested an undocumented man who was delivering strawberries nearby.
“That is Trump's America,” said Newsom.
Other states are also looking for similar measures to unmask federal agents. Connecticut prohibited the agents of the law on Tuesday to use masks within the state courts unless it is medically necessary, according to news reports.
Newsom on Saturday also signed bill 805 of the Senate, a measure of Pérez that addresses immigration officers who are in plains but do not identify.
The law requires that law agents in plains show their agency, as well as a flagship number or name, with some exemptions.
“Ensure that the officers are clearly identified, while providing sensible exceptions, helps protect both public staff and the application of the law, “said Jason P. Houser, a former DHS official who supported the bills signed by Newsom.
