Advocates say these incidents highlight why they want greater transparency and a complete end to ICE collaboration.
photo credit: Shandra BackProtesters hold signs outside the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
At a press conference outside the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office this week, immigrant‑rights advocates criticized what they describe as a pattern of poor transparency bolstered calls for the sheriff to end all cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Immigrant‑rights activist Linda Evans filed a complaint last May with IOLERO, the voter-created watchdog group keeping close tabs on the county sheriff’s office.
Evans’ complaint focuses on a man she calls Victor, who was arrested by ICE inside the lobby of the county’s probation department…