Amy Reichert had a few days notice to pack her bags and catch an early morning flight from San Diego to Sacramento.

“I just felt like I needed to be here physically,” she said.

Reichert traveled to California to protest against Assembly Bill 495, or the Family Preparedness Plan Act, on Tuesday in front of the state Capitol.

The bill is intended to aid migrant children of deported parents but the policy has a few holes, Reichert said.

Proponents of the bill say it will help migrant parents, while opponents say it will strip parents of their rights to decide who cares for their children.

The bill expands who is allowed to sign a caregiver’s authorization affidavit, a legal form to give an adult authority over a child’s schooling and healthcare decisions, allowing an adults to become

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