Orange County Grand Jury • 2006-2007 • Agency Response
Response to: Orange County Schools Disaster Plans: A Disaster Waiting to Happen?

City Manager Mayor David N. Ream Miguel A. Pulido*

Published: September 18, 2007 2 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings

F3
Cities which contract with OCSD and Costa Mesa have the immigration status of all booked individuals checked. Anaheim has only a part time ICE agent. However, it is unclear if OC's large cities (Santa Ana, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Orange, Fullerton and Garden Grove) check the immigration status of all individuals booked at their city jails. The Santa Ana Police Department disagrees with this finding. The majority of the population of the Santa Ana Jail is contract housing for the United States Marshal and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) along with State parole violators. Santa Ana arrests that are booked into the Santa Ana Jail are transferred to the Orange County Jail system within a few hours and are screened for immigration status at that time.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
Orange, Fullerton, and Garden Grove should consider entering into an agreement with ICE, or make an arrangement with OCSD, to ensure that all people booked at their jails have their immigration status checked with ICE and hold UIs for ICE transport to federal facilities. (This recommendation arises from Finding F-3.) The majority of the population of the Santa Ana Jail is contract housing for US Marshal and ICE along with State Parole violators. Santa Ana arrests that are booked into the Santa Ana Jail are transferred to the Orange County Jail system within a few hours and are screened for immigration status at that time. The Santa Ana Jail is currently working with ICE to make arrangements for the screening of arrests that are not booked into the Santa Ana Jail but rather cited and released after identification. We currently meet the recommendations of R-3. When we have this screening process for cite and release in place we will exceed the recommendations of R-3. Sincerely. Chief of Police jc C5. MAYOR CITY MANAGER Miguel A. Pulido David N. Ream MAYOR PRO TEM CITY ATTORNEY Claudia C. Alvarez Joseph W. Fletcher COUNCIL MEMBERS CLERK OF THE COUNCIL P. David Benavides Patricia E. Healy Carlos Bustamante Michele Martinez CITY OF SANTA ANA Vincent F. Sarmiento Sal Tinajero POLICE DEPARTMENT 60 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA • P.O. BOX 1981 SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702 September 18, 2007 The Honorable Nancy Wieben Stock Presiding Judge of the Superior Court 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 Dear Judge Wieben Stock: This letter is in response to the 2006-2007 Orange County Grand Jury Report entitled "ICE in Orange County." I was asked to respond to Finding F-3 and Recommendation

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