California successfully defended its so-called sanctuary state laws during the first Trump administration. Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state is prepared to do so again.
Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would defend birthright citizenship following an executive order by President Donald Trump, as California officials gear up for what is expected to be many legal challenges involving the new administration.
Fears among undocumented immigrant communities continue to grow as the new administration prepares to take office on Monday. It comes after reports of Border Patrol raids in Kern and Fresno counties surfaced last week.
A new change ends a policy that mostly prohibited agents from making immigration arrests at schools and other spots where children gather.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta held an Immigrant Rights Committee Meeting releasing new resources for immigrant students and families.
Kern County schools, churches, hospitals and more respond to directive rescinding limitations placed on federal ICE operations that previously barred agents from entering "sensitive areas".
In an interview with KCRA 3 right before President Trump began taking the executive action, Bonta signaled his office was keeping a close eye on Trump's attempts to militarize immigration enforcement activity and his executive order to get rid of birthright citizenship.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents.
State and local leaders across the country are bracing for a tidal wave of aggressive immigration policies and possible mass deportations that President Donald Trump has vowed to enact in the hours and days following his inauguration Monday.
Some states have enacted various laws that give government agencies in their jurisdictions the right to refuse to work with the federal government.