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AB 937 Page 17 As a practical matter, this provision would allow a pcxson who k harmed by a public otiicial violating the hill's prohibitions (by, feu- example, being taken into federal custody as a resuh of thou rcicasc date being provided to tederal urnnigration officials) to bring an action against the public. employee (and/or their employer) who provided the infrrrmation- The plaintiff could recover damages (such as lost income and medical expenses. for example), as well as injunctive rcticC (i.c. a c01.111 order fin- an agency to con-ifily with du law) and cgtutable rcticf (any n lc1 where norrml remedies, such as carriages, are inadequate). In addition to darnages, the planttiff oidd abo be entitled to recover their -reasonable auonrcy's lees" for brinpng the action against the employee and/or agency- . iRGETMCNT.SINSETPPORT: Co-sponsor Asan Ain rieans Advancing Justice. California writes that they support the hill because it is consistent with Califin-nia's recent rethinking of tough on erirn e public safety policies because those policies hurt communities and did not make them any safi:r: Calilinnia's ptnritive carceral systettt unjustly and disproportionately hams; Black, Lairox, Indigenous, and Asian and Pacific Islander American conmlunities. hr recent years . . . the l;gislaturc and Calilorni<a voters have dertxonsirated a strong cormtniunertt to reforming our criminal jtutiec system and ending ntiass incarceration- Howcver, the ;talc', rule in fitnneling Californ as residents to the custody of ICI-. undercuts our progress towards a more equitable society, and unfairly targets immigrants and refugees. Indeed, despite these rcftornL,, when Calik)rnia's jail; and prisons voluntarily at-,(] tannecessarily Lranslcr inn-nigrant and refirgec connmtunity nncnnhers eligible Ibr rcicasc from state or local custody to WE for immigration detention and deportation purposes, they subject these corrnmunit-v mciribers to double punishment and perpetual Lraunva. ... The VISION Act would ensure California's lax dollars will not be used to subject immigrants to double punishment. separate innnigrant frmilies, and violate constitutional rights. Another co-sponsor, Asian Prisoner Support Committee, cinphasi7cd the moral imperative for Calitornia to stoop all participation and assistanee in tedetal immigration entorcement activities: As the state with the largest innttigrant community in the country, California his an ethical and moral obligation to step tqb uta- leadership and take action to protect the rights of all rerugees and innnig-anls who call California home, including those eligible for release from out local jail; and state prisons. California is hoax; to au estimated 11 trillion inimigrarlts— about it qu:u-ter of the inntnig-ant populaLion nationwide- Almost one nr three CAdinnians is an ututigrant: and one iu two children in California has at least one unntigraut parent... . if we foil to end the cruel prtcticc of ICE uanslcrs, Calilbmia will continue to actively participate in the separation of innnnigrant and refirgee families, and intlict irreparable harm to those who cant here ffecung war and genocide or to supply build a better lice for themselves and then- children- itRGUifENTSINOPPOSITION- The California Policc C'hicls' As,ocutuon Noires that it opposes the bill because it will prohibit law enforcement agencies from worituig on task frorces Nith `bur federal law enforcement partners." I hest nnilti-jurisdictional task forces —m'1ny iomned in the wake of the 9/1 1 terrorist attacks l9UlfPPP[4s- Oftentinnes, ahhnunh not solely ctvL A6innnnigration ptuposes, l