Federal authorities pressed Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram in a face-to-face meeting earlier this month to expand cooperation with their immigration agents by easing limits on information his department shares about detainees in county jail.
Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Juan Valencia said Engram declined to change the department’s policies.
The Oct. 8 meeting at the Sheriff’s Office was requested by Sergio Albarran, field office director for removal operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco, with jurisdiction that includes Sonoma County…