On Tuesday, a group of protesters dominated the Marin County Board of Supervisors meeting to demand the county Sheriff’s Office reject federal assistance grants that require local law enforcement to share data on immigrant detainees with the U.S. Department of Justice.
The grant is called the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, or SCAAP, and it is administered by the DOJ in conjunction with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It is the second time the group has acted. The first rally was Oct. 21.
“ICE is not a law enforcement organization,” said speaker Carissa Klein. “ICE is a criminal enterprise which is engaging in torture and human trafficking on a massive scale. The Sheriff’s Office is supposed to be here to protect us from criminals like ICE, and instead they are gleefully complicit in the crimes being committed against their own residents. It’s time to put this item on the agenda and get each member of the board on the record.”…