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Tom Steyer is announcing a plan to fight against ICE in California. The plan includes jailing agents in some cases. Steyer, a billionaire climate activist and progressive Democrat, says Democrats need to do more than “simply engage in rhetoric” if they’re going to stand up to the Trump Administration. This week, he announced a five-part plan. It includes passing stronger legislation to combat racial profiling, appointing a special task force to prosecute crimes at detention facilities and launching a “Know Your Rights” public awareness campaign. He is also promising to bring people detained by ICE back home by creating a stronger legal defense network to help immigrants. Finally, he wants to give the state attorney general the power to prosecute ICE leadership, which could lead to arrests. Steyer calls ICE a “violent extremist group.”
