State Sen. Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, said she introduced SB 423 because the number of people in ICE detention in California has grown dramatically during President Donald Trump’s second term, to more than 6,000 people, and many are held for long periods in sometimes inhumane conditions.

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“When families’ safety, health and wellbeing are at stake, transparency is not optional—it is urgent,” she said in a statement. “No private contract or detention center wall should be used to hide dangerous conditions or silence people who have been mistreated inside these facilities.”

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