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Assembly hearing advances package of bills aiming to limit state business with ICE and tax private detention operators
Summary
Three related Assembly measures—AB 2465, AB 1675 and AB 1633—were presented and debated before the Revenue and Taxation Committee. Supporters said the bills would stop state subsidies and levy large taxes on companies profiting from immigration detention; business groups warned the measures are overly broad and unclear about affected contracts.
Assembly members and witnesses presented three related measures that would restrict California benefits to firms that contract with federal immigration enforcement and impose new taxes on private detention operators.
At the April hearing, author Ortega introduced AB 2465, saying the bill would bar California loans, grants, tax credits and investments to companies that profit from ICE detention contracts. Sponsor Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, described the bill as a values-based restriction on state funding: “This bill says that California money should not go to those companies that profit off of ICE detention centers,” he told the committee.
Shuming Chiu of the California Immigrant Policy Center and other immigrant-rights and labor witnesses said private contractors such as GEO Group and CoreCivic have recorded billions in revenue while…
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