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L.A. County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years
Los Angeles Times ^ | July 16, 2025 12:02 PM PT | Connor Sheets

Posted on 07/16/2025 2:48:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has resumed transferring jail inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the first time in years, despite local sanctuary policies that aim to shield people from deportation.

Eight inmates were released to ICE in May and a dozen more in June, according to sheriff’s department records reviewed by The Times. Eleven are Mexican, six are Guatemalan, and one each is from Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras. Their ages ranged from 19 to 63 years old. The transfers to ICE are the first by the sheriff’s department since early 2020, when records show 43 people were sent to federal immigration custody from sheriff’s stations, jails and courts. That marked a steep decline from the 457 handed over in 2019, during President Trump’s first term.

The sheriff’s department and legal experts say the recent transfers were lawful and conducted in accordance with sanctuary policies and ordinances approved in recent years by the state, L.A. County and cities including Los Angeles, Long Beach and West Hollywood.

The Trump administration obtained federal judicial warrants for all but one of the inmates who were released in May and June, the sheriff’s department records said.

The lone exception was transferred to ICE because he was a “[p]erson extradited to United States to face criminal charges based on agreement between Department of Homeland Security (ICE) and LA County (District Attorney and Sheriff) to honor his immigration detainer,” according to the records.

“We have been monitoring sheriff messaging on ICE cooperation and it is our understanding that the recent transfers of prisoners to ICE are all in response to judicially issued warrants as required by federal and state law,” L.A. County Inspector General Max Huntsman said in a statement. “Despite ‘sanctuary’ rhetoric, we are unaware of any conflict between California and...”

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KEYWORDS: aliens; california; ice; winning

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1 posted on 07/16/2025 2:48:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Good. The honerable police are not obeying the ignorant slut mayor.


2 posted on 07/16/2025 2:49:34 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Happy Cinco DePorted


3 posted on 07/16/2025 2:52:23 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

they cant ignore judicial warrants no matter what the “sanctuary” policies are

they are signed by a judge

ICE usually have administrative warrants not signed by a judge


4 posted on 07/16/2025 2:56:50 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: Da Coyote

This is LA County, where Bass’s writ does not run. That said, the county supervisors are almost as bolshevik as she is, so this is probably a one-off.


5 posted on 07/16/2025 3:01:52 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Please....This is all about money...Newsome finally figured it out.


6 posted on 07/16/2025 3:04:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This isn’t a surprise. A good way for any LA county administrative official or police officer to get charged with a federal crime is to refuse a lawful order to turn over illegal immigrants.


7 posted on 07/16/2025 3:05:39 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Orosius

I think Bass has been put in her place...


8 posted on 07/16/2025 3:05:49 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Jail staff to ICE:

You can have ‘em
we don’t want ‘em
they’re too gross for us.

Child molestors
lots of rapists
car jacking thugs
home invaders

You can have ‘em
we don’t want ‘em
they’re too gross for us.

Nod to: Too Fat Polka
Frank Yankovic version on Songs of the Polka King.


9 posted on 07/16/2025 3:07:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Sacajaweau

Not the ultimate place, some will say. 😈♨️🔥


10 posted on 07/16/2025 3:09:22 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

bttt


11 posted on 07/16/2025 3:15:34 PM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There are hundreds, if not thousands more in county custody.


12 posted on 07/16/2025 3:23:28 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When the first of many federal charges are filed, it has the same effect as a whiff of grapeshot. The thirst for adventurism into unexplored territory is quenched.


13 posted on 07/16/2025 4:03:04 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s an awesome idea... Taking criminals from jails and prisons and deporting them back to the country they illegally came from... Only question is... Should that not be standard practice? Like a no-brainer?


14 posted on 07/16/2025 4:50:00 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As Mayor Karin Bgass, the empty suit goes apoplectic.


15 posted on 07/16/2025 5:06:24 PM PDT by drypowder
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