Orange County will stop holding inmates for ICE at its jails
Orange County will stop holding inmates for ICE at its jails
- March 27, 2019
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, in the Los Angeles Times, March 27, 2019
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Orange County’s policy shift reflects a larger trend in local communities to loosen
ties with federal immigration officials, “realizing there are better uses for their
resources and their jails than serving as a housing center for ICE,” said Louis DeSipio,
professor of political science at UC Irvine. … Orange County’s decision “reflects
a diminished strength of the anti-immigrant sentiment among leaders in Orange County,”
DeSipio said.
For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oc-ending-ice-immigration-jails-20190327-story.html
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