Amid a brewing legal battle with the Trump administration over California's liberal immigration policies, Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday granted pre-Easter pardons to five immigrants facing possible deportation.
He served five years in prison, before being released early for good behavior, and three years on parole.
Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed suit against California for three new laws passed last year to protect immigrants living in California illegally.
Brown slammed Sessions for "Initiating a reign of terror" against immigrants in California and accused the federal government of "Basically going to war" against the state.
During the past year, as federal immigration authorities have escalated their enforcement efforts, Brown has regularly included immigrants in his annual Easter and Christmas acts of clemency.
Brown pardoned two Northern California men who came to the United States as children when their families fled Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime.
Brown has now handed down 1,115 pardons, along with 51 commutations of sentences, since returning to office in 2011, far more than any other governor in modern California history.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article207505694.html
He served five years in prison, before being released early for good behavior, and three years on parole.
Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed suit against California for three new laws passed last year to protect immigrants living in California illegally.
Brown slammed Sessions for "Initiating a reign of terror" against immigrants in California and accused the federal government of "Basically going to war" against the state.
During the past year, as federal immigration authorities have escalated their enforcement efforts, Brown has regularly included immigrants in his annual Easter and Christmas acts of clemency.
Brown pardoned two Northern California men who came to the United States as children when their families fled Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime.
Brown has now handed down 1,115 pardons, along with 51 commutations of sentences, since returning to office in 2011, far more than any other governor in modern California history.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article207505694.html
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