{"id":4164,"date":"2013-07-17T14:14:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T18:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:48:24","slug":"checking-in-with-the-states-july-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/07\/17\/checking-in-with-the-states-july-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking in with the States: July 17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In addition to Michigan considering granting in-state tuition to illegal aliens<\/a>, state & local bills on immigration issues are moving in California, Washington, D.C. and North Carolina.<\/p>\n

California<\/strong>
\nAssembly Bill 4<\/em>, the so-called TRUST Act, was amended and passed out of the Senate’s Public Safety Committee, read a second time, and ordered to a third Reading on July 3. The Committee rejected the recent amendment that (1) extends pretrial or post-conviction services to persons regardless of immigration detainer or immigration status and (2) prohibits law enforcement officials from arresting or detaining a person based on an administrative warrant based solely on a violation of civil immigration law. The bill has been made to conform to Governor Jerry Brown’s (D) veto message of AB 1081<\/a>\u00a0in 2012\u00a0by including a host of crimes not covered by AB 1081, including child abuse, drug trafficking, selling weapons, using children to sell drugs and gangs.<\/p>\n

Assembly Bill 60<\/em>\u00a0removes the lawful presence requirement to obtain a California driver’s license, was read a second time and amended and re-referred to the Senate Committee on Appropriations and is\u00a0scheduled for hearing on August 12 at 10 a.m. PDT.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0One of the amendments to the bill include a provision that prohibits police officers from detaining or arresting a person solely on the belief that the person is an unlicensed driver, unless the officer believes the driver is under 16 years of age. Assembly Bill 817 makes legal permanent residents eligible to serve as precinct board members \u00a0(i.e. poll clerks or workers), was read a third\u00a0time and passed the Senate. It has been sent back to the Assembly to agree with certain technical amendments. In addition to helping set up and close the polling place, clerks are assigned duties that help voters to receive and cast their ballots including the following:<\/p>\n