The Orange County Probation Department is one of many agencies nationwide that has ended its practice of complying with federal immigration detainers after a federal court ruled them unconstitutional.
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, Santa Ana, Top Stories
On the ‘Tightrope’ With Santa Ana’s New Police Chief
Carlos Rojas talks about ICE contracts, restorative justice and what it means to be the first Latino police chief in Santa Ana history.
Posted inCountywide, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana City Council Adopts ‘Historic’ Five-Year Strategic Plan
The framework is intended to guide city spending and is considered by city leaders and activists an important step toward inclusive and better government.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Activists, Santa Ana Officials Reconcile on Strategic Plan
After activists publicly denounced a draft plan that disregarded their key policy goals, city officials have shifted course and granted most of the activists’ demands.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Santa Ana City Council Moves Toward Call to End Deportations
Meanwhile, many immigration activists say local officials’ first priority should instead be ending their own participation in deportations.
Posted inTop Stories
Orange County’s Immigrants Welcome New State Laws
A number of state laws that took effect last month will make it easier for undocumented immigrants to work and pursue an education.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
UCI Report: Orange County Leads California in Child Deportation
Activists confront officials regarding new university study showing that OC accounts for 43 percent of the state’s deportations of children.
Posted inTop Stories
A Fight for Asylum Raises Awareness for LGBT Detainees
The asylum plea by an HIV-positive transgender individual is providing a rare glimpse into the complexities of deportation cases and the harsh realities facing federal immigration detainees.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Orange, Top Stories, Transportation
OC to Get Less ‘Beds for Feds’ Cash
In exchange for allowing more inmates at the Theo Lacy jail, the city of Orange will receive about $340,000 more, paid from the county’s share of federal funds.
Posted inInvestigative, Santa Ana
Built During Crime Wave, Santa Ana Jail Now an Albatross
Crime has dropped, and the jail has become a detention facility for federal prisoners with an annual loss as high as $7 million.
