Package of Bills Seeks to Protect Undocumented Immigrants in State

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Democratic lawmakers present a package of pro-immigrant bills Tuesday in Sacramento. Photo by Marisa Lagos/KQED News

By Marisa Lagos, The California Report

Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento made one thing crystal clear Tuesday as they touted a package of 10 bills aimed at expanding the rights of undocumented Californians: They are doing this because Congress will not.

Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León said that the bills, which would expand legal rights and protections to the state’s estimated 2.5 million undocumented immigrants, are the “direct reflection of the brokenness of Washington, D.C.”

Read the complete story at The California Report. 

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