Swalwell proposes ban on hiring former ICE officers in California

Swalwell appeared on MeidasTouch’s Katie Phang Show Tuesday to commit to banning ICE officers and agents from state jobs as part of his gubernatorial campaign. On Wednesday, Swalwell shared a clip from the segment on his social media.

“As governor, I’ll use my emergency powers, and I’ll tell every state agency we are not, as a policy, hiring ICE agents because right now these guys doing this work, it’s a decision. No one’s holding a gun and saying you have to work for ICE,” Swalwell said.

“And so when I’m governor, if you’re still working for ICE and you haven’t got the message that no one’s asking you to do this, you won’t be hired in the state.”

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“If you work for ICE,