San Diego County won’t heed immigration holds

Published May 30, 2014 9:25pm ET



SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said it would stop holding people in jail simply because immigration authorities ask.

California’s second most populous county becomes the largest in the state to adopt new limits on cooperation with immigration authorities after a federal judge in Oregon ruled last month that a woman’s constitutional rights were violated when she was held in jail without probable cause.

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