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  • California Senate passes "anti-Arizona" immigration bill

    07/05/2012 8:15:57 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 122 replies
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 7/5/12 | Mary Slosson - Reuters
    SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The California Senate on Thursday passed a bill supporters dub the "anti-Arizona" law, which seeks to shield illegal immigrants from status checks by local police and challenges Republican-backed immigration crackdowns in other U.S. states. The Democrat-led state Senate voted 21 to 13 for the California Trust Act, which blocks local police from referring a detainee to immigration officials for deportation unless that person has been convicted of a violent or serious felony. The bill has the backing of about 100 immigrant rights groups, police chiefs and mayors. It has already passed the state Assembly in a 47-26...