What is this bill about?
AB 1633 would impose a 50% gross receipts tax on corporations operating for-profit private detention facilities in California. The bill would require those funds to be reinvested into the Due Process For All fund, which would provide immigration-related services.
How does it align with yli’s values?
Every year, for-profit corporations detain tens of thousands of people in private detention facilities across California who are being accused of civil violations. Californians who are detained in private detention facilities work for as little as $1 per day, while billion-dollar companies generate hundreds of millions of dollars in profit on the backs of Californians. As mass raids and detention of Californians continue to increase, private corporations will continue to see their profits soar.
AB 1633 holds private, for-profit detention centers accountable by ensuring that they pay for the social, emotional, and physical harms that their detention facilities have created in California.
yli partners with thousands of youth across the state, the majority of whom are low-income youth of color. We witness first hand the attack on our communities, and are staunch advocates of policies that will reduce corporate profiteering from the criminalization, incarceration and deportation of our loved ones.
This policy aligns with our Racial Justice Platform, which addresses the impacts of the carceral system and mass immigration detention on communities of color.
What is yli doing about it?
We have just signed on to this letter endorsing the bill, and we are showing our support on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Who supports this bill?
Co-Sponsors:
- California Immigrant Policy Center
- CA State Superintendent Tony Thurmond
- Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN)