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| In The News

California leaders are preparing for the incoming presidential administration by introducing another measure to keep immigration enforcement efforts away from schools.

| In The News

Sen. Lena Gonzalez is introducing legislation today — to be sponsored by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond — that would try to prevent immigration officials from entering school campuses, according to a media release from Thurmond’s office.

| In The News

As the first bill in her 2025 legislative package, SB12 would provide a permanent governmental framework focused on streamlining services, creating grant programs, and engaging stakeholders to enhance support for immigrant and refugee families in California.

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La líder de la mayoría en el Senado de California, la demócrata de Long Beach, Lena González, presentó su primer proyecto de ley del ciclo legislativo 2024-25 para establecer una agencia estatal dedicada a los Asuntos de Inmigrantes y Refugiados.

| In The News

“It is terrifying to think about the dire impacts of the proposed callous actions targeting some of our most hardworking Californians,” said Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez.

| Press Release

SACRAMENTO – As the first bill in her 2025 legislative package, Majority Leader Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) has announced Senate Bill (SB) 12, legislation to establish a new state agency dedicated to Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. The Agency, and its Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs would provide a permanent governmental framework focused on streamlining services, creating grant programs, and engaging stakeholders to enhance support for immigrant and refugee families in California.

| In The News

A group of elected officials and advocates gathered at La Plaza de Culturas y Artes in Los Angeles on Thursday to announce a life-lasting memorial to honor the victims of the 1930s deportations.

| In The News

LOS ANGELES — On Thursday, Sens. Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) officially launched the Mexican Repatriation Memorial Project in Los Angeles.