A bill meant to protect the privacy of immigration service providers is raising free speech questions
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By Linh Tat
Published on April 24, 2026.
California's Assembly Bill 2624, introduced by Assemblymember Mia Bonta, aims to protect employees and volunteers at immigration support services facilities from being doxxed or harassed. The bill would allow these workers to request their home, school or work addresses be withheld from disclosure in public records. It would also prohibit individuals from publicly posting online certain personal information, such as an address, phone number or photos and videos of these workers, if the poster had intent to incite a third person to cause imminent great bodily harm or threaten the individual. Critics argue that this could infringe on free speech rights. Some Republican state lawmakers have nicknamed the bill the "Stop Nick Shirley Act," a reference to the conservative YouTuber who posted videos about alleged fraud in Somali-run child care centers in Minnesota and filmed a video in California about alleged hospice and day care center fraud.
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