CA AB1081

Prohibits law enforcement officials from detaining individuals on ICE immigration holds after they become eligible for release from criminal custody, unless the individual has been convicted of or is charged with a serious or violent felony.

Defines "eligible for release" as when criminal charges are dropped, dismissed, the individual is acquitted, has served their sentence, posted bond, or is otherwise eligible for release under state or local law.

Requires that continued detention on an immigration hold must comply with all federal, state, and local law and policy to be permissible.

Finds that ICE's Secure Communities program imposes unreimbursed costs on local law enforcement, lacks warrant requirements and probable cause standards, and undermines community policing by discouraging crime reporting among immigrant victims and witnesses.

Clarifies that the statute does not expand or ratify any law enforcement authority to detain individuals on immigration holds.