Marin County Sheriff Jamie Scardina announced at a meeting last week that he began limiting his discretionary collaboration with ICE in August but continues to provide information about incarcerated people to the federal agency.
Until last year, the sheriff’s office responded to ICE requests about people booked into the county jail on charges for serious or violent crimes—prior to conviction. Now, the jail responds to ICE only when an individual has a prior conviction for such an offense or has been ordered by a judge to stand trial on serious charges.
A crowd of approximately 200 attendees at the TRUTH Act Forum seemed unimpressed by the sheriff’s policy change. Most of the dozens who spoke during public comment demanded that Scardina stop all ICE assistance immediately, including posting the release dates of all incarcerated people on a public website…