Prohibits grant funds for immigration legal services from being used to obstruct or interfere with federal enforcement actions or legal proceedings against individuals convicted of a felony who are unlawfully present, including litigation or measures to shield them from apprehension or deportation,
Funds available for the purposes of this section shall not be used to provide legal services to an individual who has been convicted of, or who is currently appealing a conviction for, a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code, or a serious felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code, or to obstruct or interfere with federal enforcement actions or legal proceedings against individuals convicted of a felony who are present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.
Prohibits grant funds for immigration legal services from being used to obstruct or interfere with federal enforcement actions or legal proceedings against individuals convicted of a felony who are unlawfully present, including litigation or measures to shield them from apprehension or deportation,
This restriction includes, but is not limited to, expenditures on litigation, administrative actions, or any other measures intended to shield such individuals from federal apprehension or deportation.
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Governor
Law
Status: Failed
Last action
2025-06-02: From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends existing law on state grants for immigration legal services by adding a prohibition on using those funds to obstruct federal enforcement actions or deportation proceedings against certain convicted felons unlawfully present; this expands the scope of state-level immigration enforcement cooperation by barring state-funded interference with federal actions.
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AB1994Defending Immigrant Victims Act.↓Restricts immigration enforcement=No change to immigration enforcement Law
AB2495Unlawful immigration-related practices.↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1655CalWORKs: temporary absence: immigration detention.↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1807Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-05-01 00:00 · Hearing · Assembly Human Services Hearing State Capitol, Room 444
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-05-01
A
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]