U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terrorizing our state. Earlier this month, immigration agents and National Guard troops swept into MacArthur Park, frightening families and disrupting a summer camp.
The raids coincide with a huge increase in ICE’s budget, which is set to balloon by at least $75 billion through 2029, making it the largest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country. To carry out this expansion, ICE needs cages, and California’s idle prisons look ready‑made.
In preparation, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 137 into law, barring any state prison declared “excess property” from ever again holding people for incarceration or immigration detention. Now, the state must use that power…