(Inside California Politics) — In the aftermath of the deadly Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis, California Democrats are promising to push back against federal immigration enforcement with a series of new bills.

On Monday, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, and Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, held a last-minute press conference to support the people of Minnesota.

The top Democrats called the conference after Alex Pretti was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday — just weeks after the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the same city.

Standing next to an “ICE Out Now” sign, Democratic lawmakers called out what they described as aggressive and abusive federal immigration enforcement operations under President Donald Trump’s administration. The Minnesota shootings occurred amid Operation Metro Surge, which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has called the agency’s largest-ever enforcement action.

“Instead of making us safer, ICE agents are endangering our communities and making immigration enforcement more challenging,” Asm. Pilar Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita, said, adding that she was “crushed” watching the killing of Pretti.

In response, Democrats are advancing several bills, including one from state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. Senate Bill 747, titled the “No Kings Act,” would make it easier for California residents to take federal law enforcement officers to court over alleged constitutional violations. SB 747 is set for a floor vote on Tuesday.

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Asm. Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, authored Assembly Bill 1537, which bars ICE agents from taking a second job with local law enforcement — a practice known as moonlighting.

“You can’t work for both agencies at the same time,” Bryan said. “You can’t sign up to protect and serve our communities and terrorize and kidnap from those very same communities.”

Republicans, however, say the sanctuary state policies implemented in Minnesota — similar to California’s own policies — are partly to blame for the situation in Milwaukee.

“You can’t talk about this without also acknowledging that there’s been a chaotic situation created in Minneapolis,” Gallagher told Inside California Politics. “In part it is due to sanctuary state policies — the reason why ICE has to go into these communities like that is because local law enforcement are prohibited from working with them to get dangerous criminals who are illegal aliens off of our streets. That’s a problem.”

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