Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) administration is reportedly developing a framework to stop the incoming Trump administration from deporting California’s illegal immigrants.
With California holding more undocumented immigrants than any other state, a new memo titled the “Immigrant Support Network Concept” is introducing a framework to carry out resistance efforts to President-elect Donald Trump’s “law and order” immigration agenda, according to Politico.
The Golden State’s Democratic attorney general and a Newsom appointee, Rob Bonta, has already vowed to “use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal” to protect undocumented immigrants from Trump’s allegedly “draconian” deportation agenda.
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However, the latest internal memo provides further insight into the state’s reckoning with Trump, detailing the “creation of an Immigrant Support Network comprised of regional ‘hubs’ to connect at-risk individuals, their families, and communities with community systems — such as legal services, schools, labor unions, local governments, etc.”
The California Department of Social Services will play a crucial role in resisting deportation efforts, according to the draft memo, with the agency distributing state funds to eligible immigrant support nonprofits and taking on administrative duties for the “hubs.”
The Newsom administration’s framework “is not a final proposal,” said Scott Murray, California’s deputy director of public affairs and outreach programs for the Department of Social Services, in comments to the Washington Examiner.
“This document is an internal and deliberative draft document meant for internal discussions as part of a number of possible considerations given the incoming federal administration’s public remarks,” Murray added.
The illegal immigration debate in California escalated after Trump won a second White House term in the 2024 election.
The president-elect has pledged to fulfill his campaign promise to deport the millions of undocumented immigrants residing in the United States back to their native countries. Led by “border czar” and former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan, the deportation effort will first focus on removing people in the U.S. illegally who have committed violent crimes.
California has already dedicated $25 million toward legal resistance efforts against the incoming Trump administration as it promises to protect undocumented residents in the Golden State at all costs.
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With California facing a $68 billion budget deficit, Newsom’s costly “Trump-proof” resistance agenda comes as the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office has warned officials not to increase expenditures.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Newsom’s office for comment.