This state bill would stop local law enforcement from helping ICE carry out its agenda

A state lawmaker from Los Angeles County has introduced legislation meant to prevent local law enforcement officers from being “commandeered” into helping federal immigration officials carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program.

The Protect California Rights Act, introduced by Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Alhambra, would clarify that state and local law enforcement agencies cannot aid federal agents during operations involving what she described as racial or identity profiling...