Santa Ana Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's Department told local news it would not support or participate in ICE enforcement of immigration laws.
Law enforcement agencies in Orange County, California said they would not help enforce federal immigration laws after it was reported that the Trump administration plans to send specially trained agents into sanctuary cities.
reported on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration was planning to send 100 officers from Customs and Border Protection to work with Immigration and Customers Enforcement officers in arresting immigrants who entered the country illegally that were living in so-called sanctuary cities.added that the agents were expected to be sent to several cities from February through to May, including Los Angeles and San Francisco in California.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , agent helps detain an immigrant on October 14, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.In a statement provided to Fox 11 Los Angeles about the administration's plans, Santa Ana Police Department spokesperson Paul Eakins said the authority was"aware of the federal policy change," but added,"The Santa Ana Police Department does not support or participate in immigration enforcement actions.
ICE acting director Matthew Albence also confirmed that officers were being deployed to his agency in a statement to the newspaper, adding that bolstering of its ranks was a response to sanctuary city policies on immigration enforcement.
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