🚨 JUST IN: Gavin Newsom announced he is shutting the door on ICE at schools and hospitals, saying children need crayons, not raids, and patients need doctors, not deportation squads.

In a major policy push, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a groundbreaking package of laws designed to sharply limit how federal immigration enforcement — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — can operate in sensitive community spaces such as schools and hospitals. Newsom says the measures are about protecting children’s safety and public trust in health care, and ensuring that educational and healing environments remain places of care, not fear. �

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What the new protections do:
🧒 Keep ICE out of classrooms — ICE officers must have a judicial warrant to enter school grounds, and families and school communities must be notified if immigration enforcement is present. �
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🏥 Shield hospitals and patient areas — Federal immigration agents are barred from entering non-public areas of medical facilities without a proper court order, and patient information is treated with enhanced privacy protections. �
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🪪 End secret tactics — Officers must clearly display their agency affiliation and identification; hiding identities (for example by wearing masks) is now prohibited in most circumstances under California’s laws. �
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Newsom framed the effort as a response to aggressive federal immigration sweeps that activists and immigrant families say have spread fear in communities. “Our places of learning and healing must never be turned into the hunting grounds this federal administration has tried to make them out to be,” advocates said in supporting statements at the signing ceremony. �
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Why it matters:
Supporters argue that these protections will encourage trust, keep kids focused on education instead of worrying about enforcement actions, and protect vulnerable patients seeking care. Opponents — including federal officials — assert that state laws may conflict with federal authority over immigration enforcement, and legal challenges are expected. �