The number of youths incarcerated has fallen dramatically in recent years. Officials and advocates cite softening drug laws and initiatives like restorative justice as reasons for the decline.
Tag: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE in Orange County, covered from the courthouse and the neighborhood rather than the press release. Raids and the fear that follows them, arrests at immigration court, what cities will and will not disclose and residents pressing their own officials to respond.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
May Day Protesters Fill OC Streets
Protesters took to the streets of Anaheim and Santa Ana Friday for the annual international workers holiday, known as May Day, and railed against police brutality and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Audit Shows Unsafe Working Conditions at Santa Ana Jail
Maintenance employees worked among inmates who were not properly supervised and had to move workout equipment contaminated with blood, the audit states.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
FBI: Policía de Santa Ana cometió crimen contra Edgar Vargas
Agentes de la policía de Santa Ana cometieron un delito cuando golpearon el residente indocumentado durante su arresto en junio, de acuerdo con un documento del FBI.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
FBI: Santa Ana Police Committed Crime Against Edgar Vargas
An FBI certification states that police committed a crime related to felony assault when they beat the undocumented resident during an arrest in June.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Feds Investigating Santa Ana Police Beating
A federal civil rights investigation has been launched into the case of Santa Ana resident Edgar Vargas, whose beating by local police this summer was caught on video.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
ICE Officials: Vargas Arrest Example of New Tactics
Feds say the arrest last week of Edgar Vargas on his way to court, where he was planning to allege police brutality, is a response to the newly implemented Trust Act. Immigrant advocates say ICE’s actions contradict the act’s intent.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana Residents Vent Anger Over Gang Injunction
Frustrated with what they consider mistreatment and abuse of authority in the Townsend Street neighborhood, residents lashed out at Police Chief Carlos Rojas.
Posted inSanta Ana, Top Stories
Sheriff’s Department Acknowledges Trust Act Violation
The department broke the state’s new law when it handed a Santa Ana resident over to immigration authorities based on an erroneous conviction on the man’s record.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
Immigrant Rights Groups Call on Feds to Investigate OC Probation
Orange County organizations are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to examine the probation department’s practice of referring juveniles suspected of being undocumented to federal immigration authorities.
