Attorney General Bonta bolsters California's response to Trump's immigration proposals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KFSN) -- California stands defiant arsenic President-elect Donald Trump prepares to instrumentality to the White House.

"Let maine beryllium clear, President-elect Trump's migration docket is draconian and his rhetoric, xenophobic," said California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

The politician spoke Wednesday greeting astir his efforts to support the rights of immigrants and their families successful the state.

"We're issuing updated policies to usher institutions and their unit successful complying with California instrumentality limiting authorities and section information successful migration enforcement activities," said Bonta.

Bonta held his property league successful a nationalist room successful San Francisco, 1 of the institutions included successful the updated guidance.

The policies are based connected SB-54, which was passed successful 2017 and limits the accusation authorities institutions and agencies tin stock with the national authorities for migration enforcement.

Immigrants are bracing for the incoming medication too.

"People are nervous, anxious. They privation to marque definite they person their presumption firmly acceptable and each their papers together. If there's thing much they tin bash a batch of radical are looking to instrumentality attraction of immoderate contented they can," said Gregory Olson of Cook & Olson Immigration Attorneys.

He said his bureau usually slows down this clip of year, but there's nary motion of that now.

Many radical are making definite they're up-to-date connected their paperwork and for the undocumented, attorneys person been engaged helping amended them connected their rights.

"Whatever presumption you're present with determination are galore antithetic ineligible ways based disconnected of statutory instrumentality to beryllium capable to get remedies," said Olson.

Those laws day backmost to Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton and springiness pathways to ineligible status.

Bonta says he's laying the groundwork for much resistance.

"Today is conscionable the beginning. In the months up my bureau volition rotation retired much "know your rights" resources for our migrant communities," said Bonta.

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