California bill aims to prevent teachers, police from getting jobs if they worked for ICE

KTVU ^ | January 28, 2026 | Allie Rasmus

[artichokegrower]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Bay Area lawmaker has introduced a bill that would disqualify someone from being a teacher or police officer if they worked for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; discrimination; ice; labor

[artichokegrower]

But if you were a member of MS-13 that would be ok

[faithhopecharity]

Communist China or Nazi Germany, same policy

[dpetty121263]

Yet another insane idea from the land of fruits and nuts...

[cableguymn]

who would take the pay cut anyways?

[Jamestown1630]

That can’t be legal.

[Howindependent]

Will be tossed as illegal as soon as this absurdity is signed.

[FlingWingFlyer]

California Discrimination. This azho who came up with this crap needs an az whoopin’ really bad. Probably a couple Aunt Teefah Lesbos and butt buddies.

[No name given]

True.

[17th Miss Regt]

if they worked for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration.

But it is just fine if they worked for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Deporter in Chief, the Obama administration.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Somebody needs to tell this skank from the alley that this would be Unconstitutional. It’s like being penalized in a hockey game. “YOU CAN’T DO THAT!”

[SpaceBar]

Federal police should arrest the entire California legislature and send them to Gitmo for waterboarding to find out who they actually work for.

[TheDon]

“if they worked for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration.
But it is just fine if they worked for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Deporter in Chief, the Obama administration.”

So TDS legislation.

[Jamestown1630]

"U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Castro Valley, said he wants to restrict ICE agents from all state jobs if he is elected California governor. He also said he would take away the driver’s licenses of federal agents in the state who are working while covering their faces behind masks."

[boomop1]

Who would move there?

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s great. These people will relocate to red states. One more rung in the ladder to secession.

It also drives out more earners/taxpayers from CA.

[butlerweave]

Nothing but Discrimination

[KrisKrinkle]

Is anybody who really objects to ICE enforcing the law trying to get the law ICE enforces changed? If you object to the cops enforcing the speed limit, you don’t interfere with the cops, you try to get speed limit changed.

[jpp113]

Under Article I, Section 9 of the California Constitution, a bill of attainder is prohibited. A bill of attainder is defined as a legislative act that inflicts punishment on specifically designated persons or groups without a judicial trial. The prohibition applies to laws that single out individuals or groups for punishment based on past conduct, even if the individuals are not named explicitly but are identifiable by their conduct. If the statute is found to impose punishment on former ICE employees based solely on their association with the Trump administration, it could be deemed an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Disqualification from state employment has been recognized as a form of punishment in prior cases.

[birg]

Bad move

[Seruzawa]

It’s not. Won’t last 10 seconds on appeal.