SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new ...

A battle is brewing over San Diego County’s new policy aimed at limiting the sheriff’s transfers of undocumented individuals into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

San Diego County’s controversial new policy ending the use ... Within hours, Sheriff Kelly Martinez said she would not enforce the policy, continuing to voluntarily notify ICE of the release ...

(Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Under the new county policy, the Sheriff’s Office and other county agencies would be prohibited from assisting in the transfer of an inmate into ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window ... with a high profile policy change made by the board following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. The policy, which the board adopted in December ...

Nov. 7, 2024 San Diego County also allows ICE officials to interview people in county facilities if the suspect agrees. But the county’s new policy would go further in restricting sheriff’s ...

The new policy bars the San Diego County Sheriff from voluntarily transferring undocumented individuals into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and from notifying the ...

The San Diego County sheriff, Kelly Martinez, has already come out against her county’s new policy, saying she won’t comply. “While protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants is ...

(Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Under the new county policy, the Sheriff’s Office and other county agencies would be prohibited from assisting in the transfer of an inmate into ...

The battle over immigration enforcement in San Diego County has drawn national attention, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — and his promise of mass deportations — draw closer.