Border sheriff ignores new county policy barring cooperation with ICE immigration enforcement
San Diego votes to block ICE cooperation
San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond joins ‘Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the vote from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on a measure barring police from working with federal immigration enforcement.
San Diego County’s sheriff says his office won’t change how it works with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the county’s board of supervisors continued to restrict that cooperation before the Trump administration begins next year.
“The sheriff’s office will not change its actions based on the board’s decision and the policy passed at today’s meeting,” Sheriff Kelly Martinez’s office said in a statement. “The board of supervisors does not set the policy of the sheriff’s office. The sheriff, as an independently elected official, sets the policy of the sheriff’s office.”
The statement came after a 3-1 vote by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on a decision to limit ICE’s cooperation with local law enforcement.
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In this undated photo, ICE agents arrest an illegal immigrant. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
The resolution states that the county will not provide assistance or cooperation to ICE, “including giving ICE agents access to individuals or allowing them to use county facilities to conduct investigative interviews or other purposes, spending county time or resources responding to ICE inquiries or communicating with ICE regarding detention status or release dates, or participation in any immigration enforcement activities.”
When ICE becomes aware of suspected illegal immigrants in local or state custody, it will place the detainer with law enforcement, often requesting that the agency be notified before the illegal immigrant is released and, in some cases, held until ICE. he can keep them.
ICE says this helps catch illegal immigrants without them going into communities and gets illegal immigrants off the streets. Supporters of sanctuary cities say policies like these hinder cooperation between law enforcement and law-abiding immigrants.
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“There federal immigration authoritiesincluding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the US Border Patrol enforce local law to deport, family members are separated and public trust in law enforcement and local government is destroyed,” a summary of the ruling claims.
“Witnesses and victims who are undocumented or have undocumented loved ones are afraid to come to the County for help, including calling local law enforcement. This puts the public safety of all San Diegans at risk.”
Proponents of the resolution say California’s sanctuary law has too many loopholes and still allows agencies to notify ICE of release dates and transfer certain people into their custody.
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It was a claim that Martinez disagreed with.
Thomas Homan, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a Department of Homeland Security press conference to announce year-end numbers on immigration enforcement, border security and homeland security Dec. 5, 2017, Washington, DC. (Drew Anger/Getty Images)
“As the sheriff of San Diego County, my No. 1 priority is to protect the safety and well-being of the public. everything citizens of our diverse region. “While protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants is important, it is important to ensure that victims of crime are not overlooked or overlooked in the process,” she said.
The San Diego County Sheriff is a nonpartisan office, but Martinez has personally identified as a Democrat.
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“The victims include people who do not have legal documents. These vulnerable people told me that their legal status is used as their weapon when criminals in the community abuse them,” he said. “We must protect the welfare of people, including the undocumented, which requires a careful approach consistent with the principles of justice, fairness and compassion for all people involved.”
It comes ahead of what is expected to be a historic mass deportation campaign by the incoming Trump administration. Incoming border governor Tom Homan said no one is off the table when it comes to deportations, although threats to public safety will be a priority.
