Orange County leaders are on track to continue notifying federal immigration officials when certain people are released from jails after having completed their sentence – who often then get picked up by ICE.
While sheriffs aren’t allowed to send anyone they catch to ICE, they can notify federal law enforcement when prisoners with immigration holds who’ve been convicted of a serious felony are released so that federal officers can pick them up outside the jail.
That happened over 300 times last year, a practice many residents and activists in the audience took issue with, with many questioning why immigrants should be penalized again after serving their prison sentences…