The Orange County sheriff’s department announced Monday that it will begin publishing a list online of inmate release dates, challenging a provision of California’s sanctuary law.
The online inmate database includes the date and time of a prisoner’s release including those in the country illegally. Undersheriff Don Barnes said the action is in response to Senate Bill 54; a bill that limits cooperation with federal immigration officials. The city of Los Alamitos voted last week to be exempted from SB 54.
Guests:
Claude Arnold, retired special agent in charge of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations in the greater Los Angeles area
Annie Lai, co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UC Irvine; she is an assistant clinical professor of law at UCI