Sheriff’s Training on Immigration

A plan to train hundreds of Orange County sheriff’s deputies in immigration law, once touted as a model for law enforcement nationwide, will be sharply trimmed to include only about a dozen deputies, Sheriff Michael S. Carona said Friday.

Because of limited federal funding, only 12 to 15 deputies working in jail intake will be trained, a disappointed Carona said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that will oversee the program, is financially stretched and lacks the personnel to train more, the sheriff said. Click here.
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