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17.25. Cooperation with Federal Immigration Authorities
7284.
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Values Act. 7284.2.
The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) Immigrants are valuable and essential members of the California community. Almost one in three Californians is foreign born and one in two children in California has at least one immigrant parent.
(b) A relationship of trust between California’s immigrant community and state and local agencies is central to the public safety of the people of California.
(c) This trust is threatened when state and local agencies are entangled with federal immigration enforcement, with the result that immigrant community members
fear approaching police when they are victims of, and witnesses to, crimes, seeking basic health services, or attending school, to the detriment of public safety and the well-being of all Californians.
(d) Entangling state and local agencies with federal immigration enforcement programs diverts already limited resources and blurs the lines of accountability between local, state, and federal governments.
(e) State and local participation in federal immigration enforcement programs also raises constitutional concerns, including the prospect that California residents could be detained in violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, targeted on the basis of race or ethnicity in violation of the Equal Protection Clause, or denied access to education based on immigration
status.
(f) This act chapter seeks to ensure effective policing, to protect the safety, well-being, and constitutional rights of the people of California, and to direct the state’s limited resources to matters of greatest concern to state and local governments.
7284.4.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “California law enforcement agency” means a state or local law enforcement agency, including school police or security departments.
(b) “Civil immigration warrant” means any warrant for a violation of federal civil immigration law, and includes civil immigration warrants entered in the National Crime Information Center database.
(c) “Federal immigration authority” means any officer, employee, or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement or United States Customs and Border Protection, or any division thereof, or any other officer, employee, or person otherwise paid by or acting as an agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security who is charged with immigration enforcement.
(d) “Health facility” includes health facilities as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, clinics as defined in Sections 1200 and 1200.1 of the Health and Safety Code, and substance abuse treatment facilities.
(e) “Hold request,” “notification request,” “transfer request,” and “local law enforcement agency” have the same meaning as provided in Section 7283. Hold, notification, and transfer requests include requests issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or United States
Customs and Border Protection as well as any other federal immigration authorities.
(f) “Immigration enforcement” includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry, or reentry to, or employment in, the United States. “Immigration enforcement” does not include either of the following:
(1) Efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of a violation of Section 1326(a) of Title 8 of the United States Code that may be subject to the enhancement specified in Section
1326(b)(2) of Title 8 of the United States Code and that is detected during an unrelated law enforcement activity.
(2) Transferring an individual to federal immigration authorities for a violation of Section 1326(a) of Title 8 of the United States Code that is subject to the enhancement specified in Section 1326(b)(2) of that title if the individual has been previously convicted of a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code.
(g) “Joint law enforcement task force” means a California law enforcement agency collaborating, engaging, or partnering with a federal law enforcement agency in investigating, interrogating, detaining, detecting, or arresting persons for violations of federal or state crimes.
(h) “Judicial probable cause determination” means a determination made by a federal judge or federal magistrate judge that probable cause exists that an individual has violated federal criminal immigration law and that authorizes a law enforcement officer to arrest and take into custody the individual.
(h)
(i) “Judicial warrant” means a warrant based on probable cause for a violation of federal criminal immigration law
and issued by a federal judge or a federal magistrate judge that authorizes federal immigration authorities to a law enforcement officer to arrest and take into custody the person who is the subject of the warrant.
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(j) “Public schools” means all public elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of local governing boards or a charter school board, the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges.
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(k) “School police and security departments” includes police and security departments of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, charter schools, county offices of education, schools, and school districts.
7284.6.
(a) California law enforcement agencies shall not do any of the following:(1) Use agency or department moneys, facilities, property, equipment, or personnel to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect, or arrest persons for immigration enforcement purposes, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(A) Inquiring into an individual’s immigration status.
(B) Detaining an individual on the basis of a hold request.
(C) Responding to requests for notification by
providing release dates or other information unless that information is available to the public.
(D) Providing information regarding a person’s release date unless that information is available to the public.
(E) Providing personal information about an individual, including, but not limited to, the individual’s home address or work address
unless that information is available to the public.
(F) Making arrests based on civil immigration warrants.
(G) Giving federal immigration authorities access to interview
an individual in agency or department custody, except pursuant to a judicial warrant, and in accordance with Section 7283.1.
(H) Assisting federal immigration authorities in the activities described in Section 1357(a)(3) of Title 8 of the United States Code.
(I) Performing the functions of an immigration officer, whether pursuant to Section 1357(g) of Title 8 of the United States Code or any other law, regulation, or policy, whether formal or informal.
(2) Make agency or department databases, including databases maintained for the agency or department by private vendors, or the information therein other than information regarding an individual’s citizenship or immigration status, available to anyone or
any entity for the purpose of immigration enforcement. Any agreements in existence effect on the date that this chapter becomes operative January 1, 2018, that conflict with the terms of this paragraph are terminated on that date. A person or entity provided access to agency or department databases shall certify in writing that the database will not be used for the purposes prohibited by this section.
(3) Place peace officers under the supervision of federal agencies or employ peace officers
deputized as special federal officers or special federal deputies except to the extent those peace officers remain subject to California law governing conduct of peace
officers and the policies of the employing agency.
(4) Use federal immigration authorities as interpreters for law enforcement matters relating to individuals in agency or department custody.
(5) Transfer an individual to federal immigration authorities unless authorized by a judicial warrant or judicial probable cause determination, or for a violation of Section 1326(a) of Title 8 of the United States Code that is subject to the enhancement specified in Section 1326(b)(2) of Title 8 of the United States Code and the individual has been previously convicted of a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code.
(b) Notwithstanding the limitations in subdivision (a), nothing in this section shall does not prevent any California law enforcement agency from doing any of the following:
(1) Responding to a request from federal immigration authorities for information about a specific person’s criminal history, including previous criminal arrests, convictions, and similar criminal history information accessed through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), where otherwise permitted by state law.
(2) Participating in a joint law enforcement task force, so long as the primary purpose of the joint law enforcement task force is not immigration enforcement, as defined in subdivision (f) of
Section 7284.4, and participation in the task force by the California law enforcement agency does not violate any local law or policy of the jurisdiction in which the agency is operating.
(3) Making inquiries into information necessary to certify an individual who has been identified as a potential crime or trafficking victim for a T or U Visa pursuant to Section 1101(a)(15)(T) or 1101(a)(15)(U) of Title 8 of the United States Code or to comply with Section 922(d)(5) of Title 18 of the United States Code.
(4) Responding to a notification request from federal immigration authorities for a person who is serving a term for the conviction of a misdemeanor or felony
offense and has a current or prior conviction for a violent felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5 of the Penal Code or a serious felony listed in subdivision (c) of Section 1192.7 of the Penal Code, provided that response would not violate any local law or policy.
(c) If a California law enforcement agency chooses to participate in a joint law enforcement task force, it shall submit a report every six months to the Department of Justice, as specified by the Attorney General. The report shall detail for each task force operation, the purpose of the task force, the federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies involved, the number of California law enforcement agency personnel involved, a description of arrests made for any federal and state crimes, and a description of the number of people arrested for immigration enforcement
purposes. The reporting agency or the Attorney General may determine a report, in whole or in part, shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 6254, the California Public Records Act, to the extent that disclosure of a particular item of information would endanger the safety of a person involved in an investigation or would endanger the successful completion of the investigation or a related investigation.
(d) The Attorney General, within 14 months after the effective date of the act that added this section, by March 1, 2019, and twice a year thereafter, shall report on the types and frequency of joint law enforcement task forces.
The report shall include, for the reporting period, assessments on compliance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), a list of all California law enforcement agencies that participate in joint law enforcement task forces, a list of joint law enforcement task forces operating in the state and their purposes, the number of arrests made associated with joint law enforcement task forces for the violation of federal or state crimes, and the number of arrests made associated with joint law enforcement task forces for the purpose of immigration enforcement by all task force participants, including federal law enforcement agencies. The Attorney General shall post the reports required by this subdivision on the Attorney General’s Internet Web site.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, in no event shall
a California law enforcement agency shall not transfer an individual to federal immigration authorities for purposes of immigration enforcement or detain an individual at the request of federal immigration authorities for purposes of immigration enforcement absent a judicial warrant, warrant or judicial probable cause determination, except as provided in paragraph (4) (5) of subdivision (b).
(a). This subdivision does not limit the scope of subdivision (a).
(f) This section does not prohibit or restrict any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, federal immigration authorities, information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an individual pursuant to Sections 1373 and 1644 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
7284.8.
The Attorney General, within three months after the effective date of the act that added this section, by April 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, shall publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law at public schools, public libraries, health facilities operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, courthouses, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement facilities, and shelters, and ensuring that they remain safe and accessible to all
California residents, regardless of immigration status. All public schools, health facilities operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, and courthouses shall implement the model policy, or an equivalent policy. All other organizations and entities that provide services related to physical or mental health and wellness, education, or access to justice, including the University of California, are encouraged to adopt the model policy.7284.10.
The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.