Officials in two OC cities recently accepted tens of thousands of dollars in federal grant funds from the Department of Homeland Security as part of Operation Stonegarden – a program aimed at enhancing cooperation between Border Patrol and local police.
They aren’t the only ones.
In total, seven OC cities – most of which are on the coast – are getting a combined $990,000 from federal cooperation grants after ICE and Border Patrol kicked off roving deportation sweeps in June last year in Orange County, disquieting the region’s undocumented residents…