SAN MATEO, Calif. – The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office was trying Thursday evening to confirm whether a group of men in tactical gear and ballistic vests that took a man off the street upon his release from the county jail Wednesday night were actually federal agents, and from what agency.
Sheriff Christina Corpus said Thursday that the sheriff’s office was not notified of, or involved in, any federal immigration enforcement. Corpus reiterated the county’s policy of not assisting or facilitating such operations, except in cases where a judicial warrant is served at the jail.
She said the man was taken off the public sidewalk in front of the county’s main jail, Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, about 9:30 p.m. …