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Community groups press Orange County supervisors to end ICE transfers as sheriff defends 2024 screenings
Summary
At a Truth Act forum March 25, immigrant-rights groups urged the Orange County Board of Supervisors to stop ICE transfers and demanded greater data transparency; Sheriff Don Barnes countered with 2024 screening figures and said OCSD acts only where state law permits.
At a Truth Act public forum on March 25, 2025, dozens of community members and immigrant-rights organizations urged the Orange County Board of Supervisors to press the sheriff to end transfers of people in county custody to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"We must put an end to ICE transfer in our county," said Anna Chargo of Latino Health Access, citing what she described as a "1,200% increase in ICE transfers by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department" between February 2022 and February 2023 and urging supervisors to act to protect immigrant families and restore community trust.
The forum, required under California’s Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers and Holds Act (the Truth Act), drew speakers from Resilience Orange County, OC Rapid Response Network and research groups who called for earlier public notice of ICE interview requests, more Padilla attorneys at the public defender’s office and an accessible evening…
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