Immigration Enforcement: Immigrants and Foreign-Born Residents

immigration enforcement: State Sen, according to Brandon Sun. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, introduced a bill to fund lawyers for immigrants in deportation proceedings, while Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, proposed helping public defenders assess the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. Democratic lawmakers also passed resolutions in both chambers urging the incoming administration to uphold a program for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in the country illegally, despite intense protests from some Republicans. Both measures were marked urgent and aim to protect immigrants in California which has more than 10 million foreign-born residents from Trump campaign promises of tougher immigration enforcement. Democratic lawmakers, who hold supermajorities in both chambers, proposed the measures following a heated election year where Trump made border enforcement a central point of his campaign and had harsh rhetoric for Mexican immigrants and Muslims. This is a salvo, if you will, across the board to make it very clear that these are the values of California, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, a Democrat from Los Angeles, told reporters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.