Freedom for Immigrants Congratulates Assemblymember Rob Bonta on his Appointment as Attorney General of California

March 24, 2021

Media Contact: Christina Fialho, CFialho@freedomforimmigrants.org, (310) 765-4044

National advocacy group Freedom for Immigrants, which has been working for the last decade to end immigration detention, issued this statement in response to the appointment of Assemblymember Rob Bonta as Attorney General of California:

“Assemblymember Bonta has been a champion for immigrant rights and in the fight against immigration detention, authoring groundbreaking legislation such as AB 32 that made California the first state in the nation to end the use of for-profit prisons in both the criminal and immigration context,” said Christina Fialho, a California attorney and Co-Founder/ Executive Director of Freedom for Immigrants. “The California Department of Justice has the authority to enforce state laws and, as Attorney General, Assemblymember Bonta will be able to provide much needed oversight and accountability over immigration detention centers in California and ensure proper implementation of these laws.”

“We applaud the Governor’s decision to appoint Assemblymember Rob Bonta as Attorney General of California,'' said Christina Mansfield, Co-Founder/ Executive Director of Freedom for Immigrants.  “We look forward to partnering with him in his new capacity as Attorney General to ensure that state laws limiting detention are enforced and upheld.”

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