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Sheriff says local law enforcement does not conduct immigration enforcement, warns about optics of federal operations
Summary
Sheriff Jeff Dirkse told the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors that local agencies do not enforce immigration law under California law and SB 54, and cautioned that federal immigration actions in the region could create confusing optics if local officers must respond to crimes encountered by federal agents.
Sheriff Jeff Dirkse told the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 14 that local law enforcement in Stanislaus County has no role in immigration enforcement and reiterated that the county is bound by state law restricting such activity.
Dirkse addressed recent news reports and social posts about U.S. Border Patrol activity in the valley, saying those reports referred to federal operations in Kern County and that the department had no information that federal immigration agents were operating in Stanislaus County with local assistance. "We do not have any reason to believe…
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