Newsom signs controversial bill letting relatives care for kids if parents are deported
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism.
Loreal Duran walks with her children, ages one and seven, through the hallways of her apartment complex in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2025. Loreal’s husband Giovanni Duran, born in El Salvador, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of nationwide agency operations in January. Photo by Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters
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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism.
Assembly Bill 495 will also bar daycare providers from collecting immigration information about a child or their parents, and allow parents to nominate a temporary legal guardian for their child in family court.
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