Ahead of a report from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, more than 150 people gathered on the steps of the County Administration Building in Santa Barbara on Tuesday to protest the agency’s communications with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Sheriff’s Office gave its annual report Tuesday to the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors about how it does and does not cooperate with ICE under the TRUTH Act, which stands for Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds.
The board room was filled with dozens of activists holding signs criticizing ICE, supporting immigrant rights and calling for the Sheriff’s Office to stop cooperating with the agency…