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Sheriff outlines Truth Act restrictions and local ICE interactions; 13 ICE inquiries among 8,782 jail bookings
Summary
Butte County Sheriff’s Office presented its annual Truth Act briefing, reporting that of 8,782 bookings in 2024 there were 13 ICE inquiries and 11 met state law criteria for notification or cooperation; no transfers to ICE followed those inquiries.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Hone delivered the sheriff’s office’s annual Truth Act presentation on March 11, explaining how California’s Senate Bill 54 (the Values Act) constrains local law enforcement cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Why it matters: The Truth Act sets limits on local engagement in federal immigration enforcement to protect community trust while leaving exceptions for serious or violent convictions. That legal tension leaves sheriffs balancing federal and state guidance while managing public-safety risks when ICE seeks cooperation.
Sheriff’s summary: Sheriff Hone told the board the jail processed 8,782 bookings in 2024. Of those, ICE expressed interest in 13 individuals; 11 of the 13 met the statutory exceptions in the Values Act that permit notification or cooperation under state law. The sheriff’s office reported that ICE did not take custody of any of those 11 individuals, and two of the 13 remain in local custody.
Issues highlighted: Sheriff Hone described administrative ICE warrants (issued by ICE officials rather than federal judges) and explained why California law precludes local officers from enforcing many such warrants. He told the board that ICE’s recent entry of roughly 700,000 administrative warrants into national databases complicates local practice because those administrative warrants can look similar to judicial warrants but do not carry the same authority.
Discussion and board questions centered on how the sheriff’s office navigates conflicting federal and state directives. The sheriff said his guiding principle is public safety and described efforts to coordinate with ICE in cases that pose significant risk, while noting limits when ICE declines to seek judicial warrants due to their administrative burden.
Ending: The presentation was received as information; no board action was taken. The sheriff urged the board that deconfliction at the state and federal level would reduce legal and operational risk for county law enforcement.
