Cost-cutting Calif. Wants early prisoner release:
With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state's prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation. Ref. Source 8
Cal. Bans most detentions for deportation
Gov. Brown signs 2nd bill allowing unauthorized immigrants to become lawyers
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released ... Ref. Source 6
Immigration holds cease at county jails
San Diego Sheriff Bill Gore is no longer honoring demands from federal immigration authorities to extend detention in county jails for people suspected of being in the country without authorization. The change ... Ref. Source 6