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WHEREAS, data shows that Black and Brown immigrants are disproportionately <br />targeted by arrest, detention, and deportation. <br />WHEREAS, when the California legislature passed criminal justice reforms <br />previously, these reforms were expected to save the state millions by reducing the <br />length of draconian sentences. However, when Californians who are immigrants earn <br />release through these reforms, the California Department of Corrections and <br />Rehabilitation expends additional funding unnecessarily to coordinate with and hand <br />these community members over to ICE for a second, double punishment. The full intent, <br />benefits, and cost savings from these reforms cannot be fully realized if CDCR <br />continues to waste resources on assisting ICE with deportations. <br />WHEREAS, our immigration policies should be driven by our values: equality, <br />fairness, compassion, and common humanity. Immigrants are part of our families, <br />communities and workplaces. Every person who calls the U.S. home, including our <br />neighbors who are immigrants, should be safe from profiling and harm by the <br />government. <br />WHEREAS, California has an important opportunity to reunite families and <br />strengthen communities by passing the HOME Act (Harmonizing Our Measures for <br />Equality, AB 1306 by Assembly Member Wendy Carrillo) this year. <br />WHEREAS, the HOME Act is a simple fix that will harmonize state policy with <br />broadly -supported, existing criminal -justice reforms that have already been enacted into <br />law. These laws are reducing mass incarceration and addressing racism in our legal <br />systems. <br />WHEREAS, community members who have earned release under existing laws <br />included in the HOME Act should be able to return home, reunite with their families, and <br />rebuild their lives instead of being cruelly transferred to ICE. This is an issue of equality <br />and fairness. <br />WHEREAS, Oregon, Illinois, and Washington DC have already enacted laws that <br />stop all ICE transfers from jails and prisons, and itis time for California to catch up. <br />Additionally, many counties within California have already stopped all ICE transfers, <br />including Los Angeles, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Humboldt, San Francisco, Santa <br />Clara, and Contra Costa. <br />Resolution No. 2023-059 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />