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Takes effect

California Crime, police and courts

Attorney General's reviews of immigration detention centers no longer expire

The Attorney General's reviews of county, local and private locked facilities holding people in civil immigration cases were set to end, and now continue with no end date. The reviews no longer have to cover how each person was arrested and transferred.

Who it affects

Immigration detention facilities in California and the people held there

When

This law takes effect on January 1, 2027. California laws take effect on January 1 of the year after they are signed, unless the law says otherwise.

Official text

California SB 1399: Locked detention facilities: civil immigration: reviews.
On California Legislative Information. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.

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