New California laws aim to protect detainees and make it more costly for ICE to operate here

By Gabriella Guerrieri | October 7, 2026 |
A light brown two or three-story building sits behind a heavy chicken-wired fence that encloses it, with a barred door at the front.

California will impose a 25% tax on private detention center operators under a new law recently signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, as the state seeks greater oversight of the growing network of immigration detention facilities operating in its borders. Newsom signed AB1633 on Sept. 29, alongside about 20 others aimed at strengthening oversight of federal…

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