This bill would seek to protect domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, human trafficking service providers, and homeless shelters from immigration enforcement and to preserve access to these essential services among survivors. The bill would require employees at these institutions to deny entry to the non-public areas of those facilities by immigration authorities unless they produce a valid judicial warrant, identification, and a written statement of purpose. The bill is a response to the rescission of a federal policy that previously protected these areas from immigration enforcement.
Co-Sponsors: California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, VALORUS.
