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See how your sheriff answered questions about their plans to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
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President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to step up immigration enforcement could put California 58 elected sheriffs on the hot seat because of their responsibility to manage local prisons. CalMatters polled all of California’s sheriffs about how they plan to handle the complexities of local, state and federal immigration laws. Here’s what they told us.
CalMatters contacted the sheriffs via email and website contact forms. When they were not available, we called the contact number on their website. Two county sheriff’s offices — Monterey and San Mateo — did not return calls for comment.
Trump’s allies have signaled for months that they would focus initial immigration enforcement of undocumented persons who have committed crimes. This month, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow immigration agencies to deport people arrested on suspicion of burglary, theft and shoplifting. The bill is expected to pass the Senate.
During the previous Trump administration, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the so-called sanctuary law it limits how local law enforcement interacts with federal immigration officials. At the time, several interior county sheriffs criticized the law and embraced Trump’s immigration policies.
