City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
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Discussion on Signing the Amicus Brief in Support of Three Pro-immigrant California Laws
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is for discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
Councilmember Shelley Kaplan requested that an item be placed on the Study Session Agenda to discuss the consideration of signing the Amicus Brief in Support of three pro-immigrant California laws.
DISCUSSION:
In May of this year the City of Palm Springs approved a request from the ACLU of Southern California for their City to join other cities and counties throughout the state on signing an amicus brief in support of three pro-immigrant California laws that are the subject of a lawsuit filed by the Trump Administration against the State of California. The Justice Department sued California; Gov. Jerry Brown; and the state's attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over three (3) state laws passed in recent months, claiming they impaired and interfered with activity by federal immigration officials, and calling the laws unconstitutional. Last year, California enacted sanctuary laws that limit when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal enforcement officers.
Immigration has become a prominent political and policy issue at the federal, state and local levels. The rising concern follows changes in the magnitude and nature of immigration flows, and in the orientation of our nation's administration. Reactions to these changes have varied. Over the last several years, California has taken significant strides toward the protection of immigrants, passing a broad range of laws to expand and uphold the civil and labor rights of immigrants, equalizing access to higher education, and defining the role local law enforcement agencies may play in the enforcement agencies may play in the enforcement of federal immigration law.
A summary of the state laws being threate...
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