States Targeting Private Prisons Are Aiming to Protect Illegal Aliens
avatar By David Jaroslav October 25, 2019 1 Comment
Three recent state bills to restrict private prisons from housing illegal aliens are a new step by open-borders advocates to thwart enforcement of our immigration laws and shield illegal aliens from deportation.
Illinois effectively banned all private immigration detention in June. When he signed House Bill (HB) 2040, Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) made no secret of the fact that the bill was to oppose President Trump’s immigration policies. He hailed the measure as part of making the Illinois a “firewall†against the president’s attempts to enforce the law.
The California legislature passed a ban on private prisons last month, Assembly Bill (AB) 32. Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed the legislation on October 11, proclaiming that “[t]hese for-profit prisons do not reflect our values[.]†Under AB 32, no new private detention contracts can be signed, or old ones renewed, after January 1, 2020, and all private facilities will have to completely wind up their operations by 2028.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/25/private-prisons-illegal-aliens-end-enforcement-immigrationreform-com/
