More than two dozen elected officials in Santa Barbara County signed a letter addressed to County Sheriff Bill Brown urging him to oppose the recent escalation of immigration enforcement against local residents.
The letter, sent on Friday, was signed by representatives from across local government, along with Representative Salud Carbajal, Senator Monique Limón, and Assemblymember Gregg Hart. It calls on Sheriff Brown to use his platform as the head of a prominent national law enforcement organization to advocate for the de-escalation of the militarized immigration enforcement campaign.
Sheriff Brown currently serves as President of the Major County Sheriffs of America, a D.C.-based law enforcement advocacy organization representing the nation’s largest sheriff’s offices, serving over 100 million Americans. He previously served as President of both the California State Sheriffs’ Association and the California Police Chiefs Association…