SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Federal agents were recorded blocking the entrance to the Santa Barbara County Main Jail’s inmate reception area Wednesday morning before taking a person into custody.
According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, federal agents were notified that blocking the publicly-accessible lobby was not a lawful act and they eventually left the County-operated property.
Local immigrant rights organization, SBResiste, shared with Your News Channel that they livestreamed Wednesday’s incident, noted that it was their observers being barred from entering the facility, and confirmed that at least one person was taken into federal custody…