Sheriff: Not pro-actively pursuing immigration cases makes San Bernardino County safer (sbsun.com)
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, like other law enforcement agencies in California, does not routinely check the immigration status of people it comes in contact with. And according to Sheriff John McMahon, residents are safer because of it. “The only time a person in this county’s immigration status is questioned is by ICE, number one, and after they’ve been locked away, arrested and booked into one of our facilities. That’s it.” That means low-level offenders who don’t have...