WATCH: Democratic legislators introduce anti-ICE legislation

(The Center Square) – A coalition of Democratic legislators announced several bills they’re introducing this year to target the activity of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement in California.

“Across our country, we’re seeing federal overreach,” Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, said Thursday at the beginning of a press briefing announcing the legislation. “We are seeing an abuse of authority and a dangerous erosion of basic accountability. In California, we’re not going to look away, and we’re certainly not going to normalize what is occurring.”

Legislation introduced by Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-Milpitas, would eliminate state tax breaks from California companies that contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The bill, which does not yet have a number assigned to it, aims to keep taxpayer money from going to businesses that aid ICE activity in the state.

“If you are a corporation that has contracts or business with ICE, and profits off the deportation machine, your C...