{"id":7859,"date":"2021-11-09T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=7859"},"modified":"2021-11-09T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:16:13","slug":"no-to-transfer-of-inmates-san-mateo-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/no-to-transfer-of-inmates-san-mateo-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"No to Inmate Transfers: San Mateo Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos announced Tuesday that effective immediately, his office will no longer respond to any requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for notification of the release or transfer of any inmate in its custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bola\u00f1os said this decision helps fulfill his office's mission of protecting the safety of all San Mateo County residents, and is based on the trust and willingness of residents to cooperate with law enforcement, report crimes and testify in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, November 3, Bola\u00f1os and the Board of Supervisors heard from residents at the annual TRUTH Act Forum, a special meeting required when local law enforcement has granted access to ICE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has become clear to me that complying with these requests related to the pending release of undocumented individuals who have committed serious crimes is undermining the trust we need to protect the community,\u201d Bola\u00f1os said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheriff stressed that it is \u201csimply\u201d not worth losing the trust of many members of the public by continuing to process these ICE requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur policy is now consistent with other Bay Area counties. This change was made after we heard from hundreds of residents who shared their perspective on how we will all be safer when the entire community understands that the Sheriff\u2019s Office is here to protect the public, not enforce immigration laws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, this Office coordinated 15 transfers to ICE from the county jail. Most people convicted of serious crimes serve their sentences in state prison, not county jail. If ICE believes a person poses a serious threat, it can always obtain a court order, which all law enforcement agencies in the Bay Area must honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a momentous and compassionate decision by our Sheriff to end cooperation with ICE. He listened to the community and values all of our residents regardless of immigration status. This is a policy change that will keep families whole and I applaud Sheriff Bolanos for taking this action,\u201d said Board President David J. Canepa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisors Don Horsley and Carole Groom expressed similar sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis decision is consistent with the sheriff\u2019s personal values and deep-rooted commitment to serving and protecting all San Mateo County residents, regardless of immigration status. These values are reflected in his office\u2019s long history of support and commitment to immigrant communities,\u201d Horsley said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thank the sheriff for working collaboratively with the Board of Supervisors and his swift implementation of this important change, which we support and believe is in the best interest of the county as a whole,\u201d Groom said. \u201cWe thank the sheriff for listening to the public, taking their feedback seriously, and adopting a new policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheriff Bola\u00f1os reiterated that he remains committed to public safety: \u201cI will continually evaluate any effects caused by this change in policy and, if necessary, consider adjustments,\u201d Bola\u00f1os reaffirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in: America has been and will be a nation of immigrants.<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El alguacil del condado de San Mateo, Carlos Bola\u00f1os, anunci\u00f3 este martes que con vigencia inmediata, su oficina ya no responder\u00e1 a ninguna solicitud del Servicio de Inmigraci\u00f3n y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de EE. UU. para notificar la liberaci\u00f3n o transferencia de ning\u00fan recluso bajo su custodia. Bola\u00f1os dijo […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,9,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cover","8":"category-community","9":"category-migracion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7860,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7859\/revisions\/7860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}