California bill seeks to limit detention of arrestees facing deportation

Legislation would counter Secure Communities program by limiting local law enforcement's role in holding people for immigration authorities.

Immigrant-rights advocates protest in Los Angeles. (Francine Orr, Los Angeles Times / December 15, 2011)

By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times

January 28, 2012

A bill being drafted by a state legislator would limit local law enforcement from holding arrestees on behalf of immigration authorities seeking to deport them.

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