Immigration and Customs Enforcement

An immigrant rights organization is claiming that ICE agents blocked access to the Santa Barbara County Jail lobby last week, in retaliation for the county’s “ICE-free zone” policy.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday on a package of policies related to immigration enforcement and elections.

Supervisors Laura Capps and Roy Lee want to revise the county’s policies related to federal immigration enforcement with a three-part proposal.

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted to develop a clear policy on ICE agents’ access to county-owned property. Critics called the move unnecessary.

One Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will review policy recommendations that were compiled by a recently formed immigration task force.

A conversation on how Santa Barbara can respond to the presence of federal immigration agents in the city led to a heated argument at Tuesday’s council meeting.

A Santa Barbara Police Department press release says that a man was arrested for vandalism after an ICE agent’s tire was slashed on Carrillo Street in Santa Barbara, near the parking lot where the arrest took place.

A candlelight vigil in San Luis Obispo brought together local nurses, lawmakers and community members on Saturday to remember Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse from Minneapolis who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents last month.

Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets.

A Central Coast state lawmaker is urging US Senators to reject a major federal spending bill for Homeland Security, citing concerns about immigration enforcement and cuts to healthcare.