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High Priority in 2011: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's AB 1081
The video shows a rally held at the State Building in San Francisco on April 25th urging the passage of a California law that will exempt the state from one aspect of the federal government's draconian immigration policies. The proposed law -- AB 1081 -- passed its first hurdle the next day as Renée Saucedo reports below.
Five-minute QT movie. 21MB.
Five-minute QT movie. 21MB.
Renée Saucedo reported that the day after this rally AB1081 had been approved by its first commmittee in the California legislature:
Dear Friends and Allies in the State immigrant rights movement!
We had a wonderful victory yesterday in Sacramento when the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 in favor of AB1081, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's bill that would limit "S-COMM" by allowing counties in California to choose whether or not they wish to participate in this federal program. As you know, "S-COMM" is an Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) program which automatically sends fingerprints taken at local police stations to ICE. Thousands of people have been deported because of "S-COMM," most of them charged with minor infractions or with nothing at all!
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Tuvimos una maravillosa victoria ayer en Sacramento cuando el Comite de Seguridad Publica de la Asamblea Estatal voto 4-3 a favor de AB1081, la propuesta de ley del Asambleista Tom Ammiano que limitaria el Programa "S-COMM" al permitir que los Condados decidan si implementar este Programa o no. Como sabemos, "S-COMM" es un Programa de Inmigracion que manda automaticamente las huellas digitales de las policias locales a Inmigracion. Miles de personas al nivel estatal han sido deportadas por este Programa, aun cuando tuvieron cargos menores o no tuvieron cargo ninguno!
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Dear Friends and Allies in the State immigrant rights movement!
We had a wonderful victory yesterday in Sacramento when the Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4-3 in favor of AB1081, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's bill that would limit "S-COMM" by allowing counties in California to choose whether or not they wish to participate in this federal program. As you know, "S-COMM" is an Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) program which automatically sends fingerprints taken at local police stations to ICE. Thousands of people have been deported because of "S-COMM," most of them charged with minor infractions or with nothing at all!
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Tuvimos una maravillosa victoria ayer en Sacramento cuando el Comite de Seguridad Publica de la Asamblea Estatal voto 4-3 a favor de AB1081, la propuesta de ley del Asambleista Tom Ammiano que limitaria el Programa "S-COMM" al permitir que los Condados decidan si implementar este Programa o no. Como sabemos, "S-COMM" es un Programa de Inmigracion que manda automaticamente las huellas digitales de las policias locales a Inmigracion. Miles de personas al nivel estatal han sido deportadas por este Programa, aun cuando tuvieron cargos menores o no tuvieron cargo ninguno!
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