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The No Side Jobs for ICE Act (AB 1537) is common sense: local law enforcement shouldn’t moonlight for ICE or other agencies abducting our neighbors.

Why are some police and sheriff associations OPPOSING this legislation?

We need to uncover the truth 🧵

This Is What Mass Deportation Looks Like... Survivors' stories from the unseen side of Trump & Co's genocide against the stateless

Mass Deportation. Where human rights, decency, and constitutional law go to die...

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FAC Sues City of El Monte for Withholding Police Records Many police officers work side jobs. The public has the right to know what they’re doing off-hours.

When investigative journalist Albert Serna sought public records about secondary, off-duty employment by El Monte police officers, he was was stonewalled. Other department released the info. What is the El Monte Police Department hiding? firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fa...

California bill would bar local officers from taking second job with ICE Supporters of the bill say that California, as a sanctuary state, shouldn't allow its officers to perform immigration enforcement duties.

Today we joined local leaders in SF to support Asm @ib2real.bsky.social's AB 1537, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act. Our coalition is proud to sponsor this important bill.
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Health Care Advocates Respond to Governor Newsom’s 2026-2027 Budget Proposal Governor’s budget continues to put immigrant communities, Covered California enrollees, and the whole health system at risk by delaying action.CA lawmakers must act now to prevent coverage losses and ...

The @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social's #CAbudget announced today—even with a lower forecasted deficit—continues to put immigrant communities and the whole health system at risk by delaying action on looming budget shortfalls created by the Trump Administration's H.R. 1.

Statewide coalition will champion bill to ensure police, sheriffs can’t work side jobs for ICE The ICE Out of CA Coalition, made up of over 30 organizations across the state, announced that it will sponsor AB 1537 by Asm. Isaac Bryan. The bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement officers from working “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entities engaged in the arrest or detention of Californians, including private security companies which contract with ICE to carry out abductions. The introduction of the legislation comes as ICE continues to violently terrorize, abduct and harm community members across the country and as the Trump admin. ramps up attempts to dramatically increase the number of deportation agents. With recent advertising campaigns, ICE has directly sought to recruit police and sheriffs. AB 1537 will shine a light of public scrutiny on these attempts, requiring disclosure of any “offer of, request for, or attempt at secondary employment that involves assisting with or engaging in immigration enforcement” and ensuring such records are available to the public. The coalition stated: “ICE is desperately seeking more agents to abduct our neighbors and tear families apart and is actively trying to recruit police and sheriffs. Despite the protections we’ve passed in California, we need to do much more. And this bill addresses one serious loophole: nothing in state law prevents officers from working ‘side jobs’ as deportation agents. Asm. Bryan’s bill will provide urgently-needed transparency and set a commonsense statewide policy. We look forward to partnering with the Assemblymember to advance this crucial legislation ensuring law enforcement in California are prohibited from taking side-jobs as ICE agents.” Asm. Bryan: “If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizing those same communities. It’s time to close this loophole.”

🚨ICE has spent millions trying to recruit local police and sheriffs.

And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents.

AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole.

We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵

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Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible Join us Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local and n...

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Ventura County's 40th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observance · Buen Vecino The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Ventura County is pleased to announce that its 40th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day observance will be held in-person on Monday, January 19, 2026....

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Local nonprofit sues Ventura County over Camarillo immigration raid Buen Vecino is suing the county and its sheriff

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New Poll finds Californians want due process for all. Researchers say this latest poll by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, released to CalMatters this week, also reflects waning support, even among a small majority of Republicans for the harshest immigration enforcement practices. It showed 84% of Democrats, 61% of independents, and 54% of Republicans agreed that “even if someone does have a record, they deserve due process and the chance to have their case heard by a judge before being deported.”

ICYMI: New poll finds Californians want due process for all.

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Check out the latest list of news coverage published across the state! 🧵

'We may be deporting the wrong people': New poll shows doubts about immigration crackdown A new poll shared exclusively with CalMatters adds to a slate of recent surveys suggesting Californians’ support is waning for Trump’s harshest immigration enforcement policies.

NEW: Poll reveals Californians’ growing disapproval of mass deportation, showing voters’ strong support for due process, including for people with past records, and equal treatment in the legal system regardless of immigration status: calmatters.org/justice/2025...

FAC Represents Buen Vecino in Lawsuit for Public Records About High-Profile Immigration Raid The lawsuit seeks a court order for public records of the high-profile Glass House Farms immigration raid in July 2025.

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Two Police Departments Drop Agreements With ICE

One police department in Maine ended an agreement after 900 people signed a petition opposing it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/podcasts/the-daily/newsom-trump-la-ice-protest.html But Mr. Newsom also said that California Democrats had criticized him for working with ICE, “which I’ve done over 10,500 times since I’ve been governor.” And he distanced himself from the policy of sanctuary cities like Los Angeles, which refuse to coordinate with federal immigration officials. Mr. Newsom pointed out that as mayor of San Francisco, in 2008, he enacted a policy that referred undocumented minors charged with felonies to federal immigration officials.

1/ Dear Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

We’re calling you in.

To protect democracy, we need to UPHOLD due process for all who call CA home.
We need to embrace our shared humanity.

And we shouldn’t double down on rhetoric or policies that divide, dehumanize, and pave the way for abuses.

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ICE Invaded Their Community. Their Grassroots Response Is a Model for Strategies of Resistance From Sea to Shining Sea Tips and tools to prepare you and yours when ICE & CBP roll into your town...

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County supervisors take steps to oppose sweeps, raids by federal immigration agencies On a 5-0 vote, but with much consternation from its most conservative member, the board agreed to direct staff to take several actions opposing recent and future sweeps, raids, or

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Let’s keep the momentum going to protect our communities!✊🏾⚠️🧊

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Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Use AB 137 authority NOW – to declare closed CA prisons as “excess” and request legislative approval for their immediate disposal.

Hands Off LA Emergency Teach-In · We Are California What’s really happening in LA? We’re talking about the Trump Administrations invasion of Los Angeles and the disappearing our loved ones and neighbors. We Are CA and we believe that our immigrant ...

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here’s more on what happened in Ventura County when federal agents showed up to conduct immigration enforcement — reporting for @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

What a beautiful showing of solidarity and love for their neighbors in South Park, Calif on Sunday ☀️

The chants? “You won’t deport our brothers, you won’t deport our sisters, you won’t deport our neighbors. Ice out of South Park!”

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