SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Hundreds of people packed into a board of supervisors meeting in Marin County Tuesday night for the annual Truth Act Forum. It’s an assembly required by California law for local law enforcement to outline its cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
More than 6,000 Marin residents have signed a petition calling on the sheriff to stop cooperating with ICE.
Holding the sheriff accountable
It’s another example of people power causing change in how California is dealing with ICE. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office currently operates under a “limited cooperation” policy with ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Citizens who met with the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday evening told supervisors and the sheriff that they want any and all cooperation with ICE completely cut off, absent a judicial warrant.…