SANTA ANA, Calif. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will no longer detain inmates past their scheduled release dates in order to hold them for federal immigration authorities.
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The department is joining law enforcement agencies across the country — including in Los Angeles, San Diego and Riverside — that are no longer holding inmates who are potentially deportable beyond the inmates’ jail terms.
The practice was deemed unconstitutional in a federal court ruling.
Full article: Orange County sheriff ends all immigration holds (The Fresno Bee)
