Orange County Sheriff Posts Inmate Release Dates To End-Run Sanctuary Laws

Brittany M. Hughes | March 27, 2018
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It looks like one California county has found an innovative way around the Golden State’s asinine sanctuary laws protecting illegal aliens.

According to this, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, which stands opposed to the state’s sanctuary laws prohibiting them from cooperating with immigration officials, says they've launched public database called "Who's in Jail" detailing the date and time at which criminals are released.

“This is in response to SB-54 limiting our ability to communicate with federal authorities and our concern that criminals are being released to the street when there’s another avenue to safeguard the community by handing them over (to ICE for potential deportation),” Orange County Undersheriff Don Barnes said, according to the OC Register.

Under California’s recently passed law, local law enforcement agencies are banned from giving federal immigration authorities a heads-up when they release a criminal alien back onto the streets, so that ICE can assume custody of the person for immigration proceedings after they’ve served their time for whatever crime they committed.

But by creating a database that includes all criminals and their release dates, the publicly accessible database allows ICE to see when prisoners with immigration violations are getting out of lock-up.

And if ICE just happens to be waiting on the steps when a person walks out of jail? Well, that’s not Orange County’s fault.

In the meantime, the Orange County Board of Supervisors is looking for ways to combat California’s restrictions, even considering filing a lawsuit against the state.

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