Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Lawmakers Unveil "California Welcomes Refugees" Legislation

Democratic Assemblymembers are challenging the anti-immigrant and refugee policies of the Trump administration. Lawmakers from the California counties with the largest number of refugees have introduced a package of bills called “California Welcomes Refugees”. The authors of the measures say the package pushes back on what they call religious and racially-charged hate rhetoric from the federal government.
Christopher Martinez reports.