A state law puts limits on when a county sheriff can transfer an inmate to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, based on their criminal record. Advocates point to records showing San Diego Sheriff Kelly Martinez might have violated that law in at least one case.

The DEA's special agent in charge of the San Diego Field Division said the agency’s mission remains the same, even as its responsibilities has expanded to include immigration enforcement.

U.S. immigration agents are planning a new operation to arrest migrant families with children as part of a nationwide crackdown, according to three sources familiar with the planning.

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California Values Act into law in 2017, limiting state and local law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration agents.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who is preparing to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.

Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.

Gov. Youngkin's executive order requires state police to sign a task force agreement with ICE and local jails to cooperate with the task force.