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Sheriff presents 2024 ICE detainer and pickup data, defends limited cooperation under state law
Summary
Sheriff James Freihoff told the Ventura County Board of Supervisors’ Truth Act forum that the county received more ICE detainer requests in 2024 but that only a fraction met State Senate Bill 54 criteria; probation reported no juvenile detainers. Freihoff said he chooses to cooperate in narrow cases to protect public safety.
Sheriff James Freihoff reported the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) received 1,208 detainer requests in 2024 and said 133 of those met the county’s eligibility criteria under state law, with 45 people transferred to federal custody.
At the county’s annual Truth Act forum, Freihoff said the data he presented covered calendar-year 2024 and that the department’s contacts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are limited by state law (commonly referenced as SB 54). He said the county booked roughly 20,076 people in 2024 and that ICE “picked up” 45 people who met the qualifying criteria. “We don’t hold people beyond their release date,” Freihoff said. “If ICE is there to get them, they get them. If they’re not, they don’t and they get released.”
The Truth Act (transparent review of unjust transfers and holds) requires a public forum when…
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