CALIFORNIA APPROVES 50 MILLION TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS AND DEFEND STATE AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside 50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants from the president’s mass deportation plans. One of the laws allocates 25 million for the state Department of Justice to fight legal battles against the federal government, and another sets aside 25 million in part for legal groups to defend immigrants facing possible deportation.