Overview
- Eric Swalwell said he would use emergency powers to make current and former ICE officers unhirable across California state agencies and condition grants to deter local governments from employing them.
- He reiterated plans to revoke or deny California driver’s licenses to ICE agents who conceal their identities, with broader limits on licensing for agency employees.
- Swalwell pledged to direct state and local authorities to pursue charges such as battery, false imprisonment, or murder against agents accused of misconduct under state law.
- He described ICE as needing to be dismantled and framed the proposals as a response to recent enforcement incidents, including the Minneapolis killing of Renee Good and operations in California.
- Federal officials have defended ICE actions, noting a Compton case where a suspect allegedly rammed officers with a vehicle, and related California rules on masked federal agents remain tied up in litigation.