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The unanimous decision came after more than three dozen public commenters spoke against the expansion and none supported it. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said the expansion will bring an additional $5 million in revenue to the county without requiring more staff.
Councilman Jose Solorio proposed keeping the ICE contract, saying it helps detained immigrants stay close to their families and attorneys. Immigration activists loudly opposed it calling Solorio a “Latino Trump.”
City council to discuss whether to keep the city’s jail contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A city accounting shows it makes financial sense to keep the controversial jail open and housing federal immigration detainees in exchange for a fee. Another accounting says otherwise.
Activists who see the city’s contract with the federal government to house immigration detainees at the city jail as an insult to Santa Ana’s majority Latino population clashed Tuesday with jail employees who say the activists have painted an inaccurate picture of conditions at the jail.
After immigrant rights activists spoke out against a proposal to increase the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the city jail, the Santa Ana City Council scrapped the idea.
Carlos Rojas talks about ICE contracts, restorative justice and what it means to be the first Latino police chief in Santa Ana history.