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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2/ Our full statement ⬇️. We are so grateful to Asm. Isaac Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social and his amazing team, to the 17 local electeds, and 93 orgs that backed this bill.

For immediate release: September 30, 2026

ICE Out of CA decries Governor’s veto of AB 1537,
The No Side Jobs for ICE Act

“How many police are secretly moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth”

September 30, 2026 - The ICE Out of California coalition condemned today Gov. Newsom’s veto of AB 1537, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act” authored by Asm. Isaac Bryan.

The first-in-the-nation bill, supported by a broad coalition of immigrant, civil rights, and labor organizations from across the state, including 17 City and County elected officials, would have ensured that police, sheriffs, and certain other law enforcement officers in the state could not take on secondary employment in any job that directly involves "engaging in arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting" people under federal or out-of-state immigration laws. This prohibition would have applied whether the “side job” is with ICE, a private corporation, or with a law enforcement agency in another state which has enacted anti-immigration legislation.

The coalition issued the following statement:

Over 90 immigrant and civil rights organizations from across the state strongly supported AB 1537 because it would have closed a disturbing loophole in state law and brought urgently needed transparency.

Gov. Newsom’s veto of AB 1537 leaves Californians completely in the dark.

A handful of extreme Sheriffs and other law enforcement associations opposed AB 1537, with some, like the San Bernardino Sheriff, making clear that they wished to maintain the authority to allow local officers to moonlight for ICE.

At the end of the day, we are forced to ask: what are they hiding? How many sheriffs and police are secretly moonlighting for ICE and abducting our neighbors? Now more than ever, we must uncover the truth.

We are grateful to Asm. Bryan for his powerful leadership as well as to community supporters across the state.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: We are outraged by Governor Newsom's veto of the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, AB 1537 by Asm Isaac Bryan. This veto leaves Californians completely in the dark. How many officers are secretly moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth! 1/

Black and red graphic with images of masked officers in background. Text reads: How many police are SECRETLY moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth. Gov Newsom VETOED AB 1537 "The No Side Jobs for ICE Act." His veto leaves Californians in the dark.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As the No Side Jobs for ICE Act heads to the Gov's desk, we want to take a moment to say THANK YOU. Thank you to Asm. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social and his amazing team, coauthors, all legislators who voted “aye,” and to every person and org who advocated in support! Now let’s get this bill signed!

Brown and orange graphic saying "No Side Jobs for ICE" Act heads to Gov's desk. Thank you Asm Bryan, co-authors, all legislators who voted "YES" and every org supporting AB 1537

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

NEW: This afternoon the California Senate PASSED AB 1537, The "No Side Jobs for ICE Act!!" This bill by Asm. Isaac Bryan ensures local police & sheriffs can’t “moonlight” as deportation agents: be it for the feds, a private corporation, or another state with anti-immigrant laws. 1/

Image of state Senate vote count for AB 1537, showing 27 YES votes and 11 no votes. 21 votes were required for the bill to pass.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The CA Assembly just PASSED AB 1537, The No Side Jobs for ICE Act, by Asm. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social! This bill will ensure local police and sheriffs can’t “moonlight” as deportation agents. THANK YOU to Asm. Bryan, coauthors, all members who voted yes, and supporters. Now, on to the Senate!

Image of California's Capitol with the headline: AB 1537 Passes Assembly Floor and text: "Thank you to Asm. Bryan, co-authors, all legislators who voted "yes" and every org supporting "No Side Jobs for ICE"

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

NOW: AB 1537 by Asm. @ib2real.bsky.social, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, is being heard on the Assembly Floor right now! This bill will ensure local police and sheriffs can’t “moonlight” as deportation agents, closing a loophole in state law. Stay tuned!

graphic: no side jobs for ICE. Close the loophle and bring transparency. Pass AB 1537

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

NEW: We're very disappointed that SB 1095 was held today. It was the first ever-legislation in our state to protect Californians from Fusion Centers' spying and racial profiling. We're grateful to Sen @senatorsrp.bsky.social for authoring this bill and we'll continue the fight. Our full statement ⬇️

The Fight to protect Californians from “Fusion Center” spying and racial profiling continues

Groups disappointed as SB 1095, a key accountability measure, held in Senate

SB 1095 was the first-ever legislation put forward in California to protect residents from the abuses of power committed by secretive and unaccountable “Fusion Centers.”
We are very disappointed that this critical bill is not advancing this year. And we are grateful to Senator Pérez for authoring the bill, to the members of the Senate Privacy and Public Safety committees who moved the bill forward, and to the hundreds of community members and organizations who raised their voices.
The public is largely unaware that our state hosts six data surveillance centers or “Fusion Centers.” Owned or operated by the state or local entities, they have operated in the shadows for over 20 years. What information has been leaked or uncovered is profoundly alarming: “Fusion Centers” here in California have targeted Constitutionally-protected protests, engaged in racial and religious profiling, and even shared information with ICE in violation of state law.
We will continue to advocate, organize, and seek to expose the truth. The urgency to protect Californians from mass surveillance that fuels mass deportation has never been greater.

Background: SB 1095 would have required any local law enforcement agency wishing to participate in a Fusion Center to sign a Memorandum of Understanding upholding key privacy and free speech protections and ensuring that personal data cannot be shared with ICE without a judicial warrant. Any violations of the MOU would have been a breach of contract and resulted in the law enforcement agency withdrawing from the Fusion Center until an audit to be conducted by the Attorney General every four years, which would investigate compliance with applicable state and federal law as well as with the MOUs themselves.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We're horrified and outraged by ICE's shooting of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez. We hope he’ll make a full recovery and are keeping his family in our thoughts. AG @robbonta.bsky.social MUST investigate the Turlock PD's possible collusion with ICE - AND the shooting itself. Our full statement ⬇️

We are horrified and outraged by ICE's shooting of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez. We hope Mr. Mendoza Hernandez will make a full recovery and we are keeping him and his family in our thoughts.

As the coalition that led efforts to pass California's Sanctuary State law, SB 54, we are profoundly alarmed by reports that the Turlock Police Department may have colluded with ICE following a traffic stop of Mr. Mendoza Hernandez last week. If this is true, the Turlock Police Department bears responsibility for ICE's violence as well.

We demand that the California Attorney General immediately launch an investigation into the Turlock Police Department’s possible collusion with ICE - and the shooting as a whole - to uncover the truth.

We affirm that no matter where we were born or what we look like, we are all human. We all deserve to be treated with dignity. ICE and its corrosive violence and abuse have absolutely no place in our state.

The ICE Out of California Coalition

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

9/ Meanwhile, in this letter from several different police and sheriff associations, there’s an oddly specific example.

[Excerpt from letter from several LEA associations to Public Safety chair.]

"For example, a police officer who owns a small office cleaning company would be barred from contracting with a subcontractor of DHS that rents office space to ICE. Does this really make sense?"

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

7/ Noem's new orders have moved search and rescue to a LOWER priority. And NBC reports that Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento is "among those responsible for a majority of deportation flights" !!

Noem’s focus on meeting the Trump administration’s deportation quotas appears poised to further impact Coast Guard operations in the coming months, according to new guidance recently issued to Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento this year. Based on DHS priorities, the air station, which is among those responsible for a majority of deportation flights, has designated its first priority to be the transport of detained immigrants on its C-27 aircraft within the U.S., according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the orders.

The new orders moved search-and-rescue operations, which have long been the Coast Guard’s core mission, to a lower priority, the officials familiar with the orders said. They said counternarcotics efforts and Coast Guard training are prioritized above search-and-rescue operations.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

6/ NBC reports that Noem has overseen “a tenfold increase in the use of the Coast Guard's aircraft for immigrant deportations.” The numbers are staggering - 750 flights redirected! Under Trump, Noem, and Steven Miller, ALL agencies of DHS are becoming inseparable from ICE.

Under Noem’s leadership, more than 750 Coast Guard flights have been redirected from regular missions such as maritime patrols and search-and-rescue efforts, to instead fly detained immigrants to deportation hubs, according to ICE Flight Monitor. Coast Guard flights carrying immigrants jumped last year from 14 in June to 149 in November, according to the group.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

4/ The LA Police Protective League begins its letter listing out each of the agencies that make up the Dept of Homeland Security. Here’s how they describe ICE. The agency terrorizing ppl across the country “promotes public safety”???

"United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - ICE promotes homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing the border."

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

3/ So according to the San Bernardino Sheriff, every single Sheriff should set their own policy on exactly when and how a deputy could take a side job working for ICE to abduct our neighbors?

For independently elected sheriffs, constitutional officers accountable directly to voters of California's 58 counties, this represents an unwarranted intrusion into local governance and operational decision-making.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

2/ San Bernardino Sheriff Shannon Dicus complains the bill would be “removing discretion” from his dept and others. “Discretion” and “local control” for what, exactly? For deputies to take a second job separating families or working in a detention camp?

[SB Sheriff opposition letter] Existing law already provides sheriffs and police chiefs with broad authority to review, approve, condition, or deny secondary employment based on conflicts of interest, liability exposure, operational readiness, and public trust. AB 1537 overrides that framework with a statewide prohibition, removing discretion from locally elected sheriffs and municipal leaders and replacing professional judgement with a one-size-fits-all mandate.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Breaking: AB 1537 by Asm. Isaac Bryan, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, has PASSED out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee! Thank you to Asm. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social, to the committee members who voted “aye,” and all who supported! 1/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Gov. Newsom @governor.ca.gov your state prison system uses racial profiling to gamble w/ppl’s lives. You’ve turned over to ICE U.S. citizens, DV survivors; ppl who’ve earned release who want to give back. P.S. free advice: stop trying to sound like Ben Shapiro. That interview was humiliating.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

This bill will also shine a light of public scrutiny on ICE’s recruitment attempts. 4/

A peace officer shall report to their employing law enforcement agency any offer of, request for, or attempt at secondary employment that involves assisting with or engaging in immigration enforcement.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨ICE has spent millions trying to recruit local police and sheriffs. And right now, nothing in state law prevents local officers from taking “side jobs” as deportation agents. AB 1537 by @isaacgbryan.bsky.social will CLOSE this loophole. We’re proud to sponsor this important bill. 🧵

Statewide coalition will champion bill
to ensure police, sheriffs can’t work side jobs for ICE

The ICE Out of CA Coalition, made up of over 30 organizations across the state, announced that it will sponsor AB 1537 by Asm. Isaac Bryan.

The bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement officers from working “side jobs” with ICE, CBP, DHS, or any other entities engaged in the arrest or detention of Californians, including private security companies which contract with ICE to carry out abductions.

The introduction of the legislation comes as ICE continues to violently terrorize, abduct and harm community members across the country and as the Trump admin. ramps up attempts to dramatically increase the number of deportation agents.

With recent advertising campaigns, ICE has directly sought to recruit police and sheriffs. AB 1537 will shine a light of public scrutiny on these attempts, requiring disclosure of any “offer of, request for, or attempt at secondary employment that involves assisting with or engaging in immigration enforcement” and ensuring such records are available to the public.

The coalition stated:

“ICE is desperately seeking more agents to abduct our neighbors and tear families apart and is actively trying to recruit police and sheriffs. Despite the protections we’ve passed in California, we need to do much more. And this bill addresses one serious loophole: nothing in state law prevents officers from working ‘side jobs’ as deportation agents. Asm. Bryan’s bill will provide urgently-needed transparency and set a commonsense statewide policy. We look forward to partnering with the Assemblymember to advance this crucial legislation ensuring law enforcement in California are prohibited from taking side-jobs as ICE agents.”

Asm. Bryan:

“If you take an oath to protect and serve communities in California, you should not be allowed to take a second job with ICE rooted in terrorizing those same communities. It’s time to close this loophole.”

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

ICYMI: New poll finds Californians want due process for all. calmatters.org/justice/2025... Check out the latest list of news coverage published across the state! 🧵

New Poll finds Californians want due process for all. Researchers say this latest poll by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, released to CalMatters this week, also reflects waning support, even among a small majority of Republicans for the harshest immigration enforcement practices. It showed 84% of Democrats, 61% of independents, and 54% of Republicans agreed that “even if someone does have a record, they deserve due process and the chance to have their case heard by a judge before being deported.”

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

11/ Who profits from ICE’s abuses of power? Many people are surprised to learn that profits for private prison corporations have skyrocketed since the election. These corporations WANT ICE transfers from prison. They WANT ICE arrests in the street. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chart with sharply rising line: "CoreCivic Inc Stock Soars on Trump Win." Source: Bloomberg

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

6/ After public outcry, the City Supervisors passed a law to protect due process - over Newsom’s veto. Years later, Newsom acknowledged that “the issue of due process was the missing link there.” www.kqed.org/forum/201010...

[Scott Shafer, KQED] ..you know, you then implemented a policy to turn over juveniles accused of crimes before they were convicted.

Gavin Newsom: [00:46:13] Yeah.

Scott Shafer: [00:46:13] Was that a mistake?

Gavin Newsom: [00:46:13] Yeah, due process. I mean, the fact is, if I had that to do over again, the issue of due process was the missing link there.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

1/ Dear Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social We’re calling you in. To protect democracy, we need to UPHOLD due process for all who call CA home. We need to embrace our shared humanity. And we shouldn’t double down on rhetoric or policies that divide, dehumanize, and pave the way for abuses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/podcasts/the-daily/newsom-trump-la-ice-protest.html

But Mr. Newsom also said that California Democrats had criticized him for working with ICE, “which I’ve done over 10,500 times since I’ve been governor.”

And he distanced himself from the policy of sanctuary cities like Los Angeles, which refuse to coordinate with federal immigration officials. Mr. Newsom pointed out that as mayor of San Francisco, in 2008, he enacted a policy that referred undocumented minors charged with felonies to federal immigration officials.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Here’s the kicker. It sounds like Politico California made up a sample of “policy influencers” based on self-selected responses from their OWN subscribers, and the basis for last week’s article is …comparing these skewed responses to the electorate at large? 🤦 11/

The survey was conducted on the TrueDot.ai platform from April 1-14 among 1,025 California registered voters and 718 influencers. To generate the influencer sample, the poll was emailed to a list of people including subscribers to California Playbook, California Climate, and POLITICO Pro in California who work in the state. Respondents in that sample included lawmakers and staffers in the state Legislature and the federal government.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

21% of CA voters say they want the number of immigrants admitted to the US to increase; 36% want it to stay about the same. That’s a clear majority right there. Meanwhile, 18% want it “decreased a little,” while only 25% want it “decreased a lot.” 9/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

One more thing about immigration: last week’s article claimed a “plurality” of voters is “skeptical” of “legal immigration”, without listing any data or even a definition of “skepticism.” But the numbers tell a totally different story! 8/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The law also has the support of the vast majority of democrats, a majority of independents and “something else” voters, AND nearly one in three Republican voters too. 6/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The sanctuary law enjoys majority support not just in LA (62%), the Bay (68%), and OC/San Diego (57%), but a solid 60% in the Central Valley too. 5/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Majorities of Asian, Black, Latino, and white voters ALL support the Sanctuary state law. 4/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

The Sanctuary State law enjoys majority support across gender, age and race. Voters 18-34, 35-49, AND 65+ all support the law. 3/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

While CA hospitals are required under state sanctuary law to enact policies to protect against ICE incursions, the piece underscores the need for stronger protections to protect Californians’ personal data. 9/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

And there's ANOTHER good poll. In "purple" Orange County, a UC Irvine OC Poll, released in Jan, found only 1/3 of OC residents agree with mass deportation, while about 60 percent “would prefer an option for the undocumented to obtain legal status." 6/ bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.ed...

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

And there's MORE! Earlier this month Emerson College Polling found: “A majority of voters (56%) think mass deportations of undocumented immigrants in California are a bad thing for California, while 44% think they are a good thing for the state.” 5/ emersoncollegepolling.com/february-202...

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Another MAJOR finding from PPIC: “About six in ten adults (63%) and likely voters (62%) favor the California state and local governments making their own policies and taking actions, separate from the federal government, to protect the legal rights of undocumented immigrants" 3/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

From PPIC’s new poll: “An overwhelming majority of adults (72%) and likely voters (70%) say that immigrants are a benefit to California.” In February 2024, this figure was at 60%, so today’s results represent a significant increase in support. www.ppic.org/publication/...

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

NEW: A trio of polls in California underscores a groundswell of SUPPORT for immigrants in California and strong OPPOSITION to mass deportations. Check out our statement and all the details ⬇️

Trio of polls underscores groundswell of support for immigrants in CA, strong opposition to mass deportations
Newly released data from the Public Policy Institute of California, coupled with polling earlier this month conducted by Emerson College as well as a recent UC Irvine poll of voters in Orange County, paint a clear picture: California voters strongly favor state and local action to protect immigrant Californians from deportation and to keep families together, and they strongly oppose mass deportations.
Among key findings in PPIC’s new polling data, released last night:
“An overwhelming majority of adults (72%) and likely voters (70%) say that immigrants are a benefit to California.” (In February 2024, this figure stood at 60%, so today’s results represent a significant increase in support.)
“About six in ten adults (63%) and likely voters (62%) favor the California state and local governments making their own policies and taking actions, separate from the federal government, to protect the legal rights of undocumented immigrants in California.”
“About four in ten California adults worry some (23%) or a lot (20%) that someone they know could be deported. Latinos (64%), Californians who have a high school education only (56%), Democrats (54%), those age 35 or under (53%), and Los Angeles residents (53%) are most likely to worry about someone being deported.”
Earlier this month, an Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics/The Hill survey of California voters found:
“A majority of voters (56%) think mass deportations of undocumented immigrants in California are a bad thing for California, while 44% think they are a good thing for the state.”
Meanwhile, a UC Irvine OC Poll, released in January 2025, found (page 10):
“President Trump has promised mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but only one-third of OC residents agree. By contrast, almost 60 percent of residents would prefer an option for the undocumented to obtain legal status."

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

🚨 Our statement today: Sanctuary for ALL will triumph over Trump's vile lies. To the administration's cruel attacks, our coalition will respond with strength, determination, and love for each and every person who calls the Golden State home. 1/

Statement: Sanctuary for all will triumph over Trump’s vile lies

"Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that his administration will unleash a vicious wave of abuse and terror against our immigrant neighbors, based on a vile set of lies and distortions. Meanwhile, private prison corporations’ stock is skyrocketing as they stand ready to profit off of community members’ suffering.

To these cruel attacks, our coalition will respond with strength, determination, and love for each and every person who calls the Golden State home. We will vigorously defend our state’s sanctuary policies, which provide essential protections against Trump’s abuses and benefit all Californians.

California’s Sanctuary State Law and strong local policies have and will continue to make communities safer, and have and will continue to keep thousands upon thousands of families together. They are legally sound and morally necessary.

It is clear that ICE and Border patrol will commit wanton racial profiling as well as demonizing Californians, including permanent residents, who served their time for convictions many decades ago and are a vital part of our communities. These community members are beloved parents, mentors, care-takers, neighbors, and leaders. We will spare no effort to uphold our shared humanity.

In this moment, we need our leaders to take bold action that benefits all of us, not the billion dollar corporations that grow their profits the more families are separated."

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

On pardons, labor leader Carlos Flores implores: “Governor Newsom, do not allow our brothers and sisters to be judged by who they were. Rather, embrace and uplift the person they are today: contributors to a better California.” /22

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

As we stop in front of the Capitol building, we’re hearing from Carlos Flores, a labor leader and school board member in Solano County. He highlights the history of labor “fighting for Italian, Irish, and other European immigrants who were the scapegoats of their time” /20

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hundreds of folks are here from all over the state to demand Gov. Newsom and #CALeg take concrete action to keep families together! /19

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Maria is worried she could be targeted again and appeals to the Governor to pardon her and dozens of others in a similar situation: “I don’t want this Christmas to be the last holiday I spend with my husband, my granny, my dad and my brother, my friends and my community.” 14/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A prayer from Rev. Nelson Rabell, a Lutheran pastor from Stockton

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We have a set of concrete steps state officials can take to build on California’s existing policies and keep families together and promote safety for ALL Californians, including immigrants. 3/

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Happening now: As the #CAleg session opens, hundreds of immigrants and supporters are rallying at the capitol to demand @GavinNewsom and the legislature take action to keep families together! Joining today: folks from Central Valley, San Diego, LA, OC, and the Bay. 1/

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