California has created the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” that would criminalize investigative journalism.

So instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud. - Nick Shirley
This bill AB 2624 will: 

• Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown
• Let immigrant based NGOs’ funding be confidential
• Take away freedom of the press from journalists
• Protect any “immigration support services” information from being public (healthcare, legal services, etc)...