California bill would bar ICE employees from becoming cops, teachers anywhere in the state

A newly proposed bill would bar ICE employees who worked for the agency under the Trump administration from becoming teachers or police officers in California as hostility toward immigration agents continues to simmer.

Assembly Bill 1627, introduced this week by Democratic Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farias, would permanently disqualify anyone currently working for the agency from holding any position as a law enforcement officer for state or local police agencies statewide, KTVU first reported.

If passed, it would also prohibit current ICE employees from virtually any role in education in the state, including educators or administrators, from kindergarten all the way through the University of California and California State University systems.

The bill’s introduction comes days after armed anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti was shot and killed by agents in Minneapolis during chaotic street demonstrations against President Trump’s immigration crackdown in the state.

It’s one of several new pieces of new anti-ICE legislation up for consideration by lawmakers in the Golden State.

This week saw the passage of the so-called No Kings Act, which establishes a first-in-the-nation pathway for residents to file lawsuits against federal agents for false arrests, use of excessive force or other constitutional violations.

It cruised through the California Senate Tuesday on a 30-10 party-line vote.

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Castro Valley) who has eyes on the governor’s office, said this week he not only wants to ban ICE agents from working any state job, he has also proposed revoking the driver’s licenses of any federal agent in California who performs their duties while wearing a mask or facial covering.

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Other bills in the works would attempt to weaponize taxation against the agency.

State Assemblyman Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) wants to put a financial squeeze on private ICE detention facilities opening in the state with a proposed 50% tax from the profits they generate.

State Assembly Member Alex Lee (D-San Jose) said he plans to introduce legislation terminating state tax breaks for companies that have contracts with ICE.

Assembly Bill 1627 is expected to be discussed in committee by Feb. 26, and passage would require the approval of both the state House and Senate, as well as the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom.