Overview
- Tom Steyer published a five-point immigration plan Tuesday that seeks to abolish ICE and empower California’s attorney general to investigate and bring criminal cases against ICE agents and leaders.
- The platform also pledges taxpayer-funded legal representation and expanded state protections for undocumented residents, with efforts to return people detained by ICE “back home.”
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, in a Wednesday Fox News interview, said a governor cannot abolish a federal agency and argued ICE is enforcing laws passed by Congress.
- Coverage has resurfaced Steyer’s past Farallon investment in private-prison operator CoreCivic, once valued at about $89.1 million, which he now calls a mistake after leaving the firm in 2012.
- Steyer leads one recent poll at 21% after Eric Swalwell exited the race, a rise that has intensified attacks and will likely set up court fights over federal supremacy and immunity if his proposals advance.