SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 18 -- The California State Assembly Democratic Caucus issued the following news release:
THE CONTEXT
The bill was introduced in direct response to a documented escalation of threats against immigration service workers across the state of California.Testimony before the Assembly Privacy Committee included the following account from Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA:
"We received a lot of hate calls, a lot of threats of violence against our organization. I'm personally named consistently, and the threats of violence are extreme. Our staff, just recently, going out to lunch, had people outside asking for their names, asking them questions, really attacking their ability to move from one place to another, ...