Overview
- Senators approved the bill 30–10 along party lines and sent it to the Assembly, with Sens. Scott Wiener and Aisha Wahab as sponsors.
- The proposal establishes a state-law cause of action as an alternative to increasingly limited federal Bivens remedies.
- Democrats advanced companion measures to tax profits of for‑profit detention centers, bar local officers from taking secondary immigration-enforcement jobs, and curb courthouse arrests.
- Backers cited renewed urgency after federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minnesota, intensifying calls for accountability.
- Libero reported the bill would apply retroactively to March 2025, while immigrant advocates rallied support and Republican lawmakers criticized the package.