California jails failed to honor more than 13,000 ICE detainers over 2½ years, significantly affecting enforcement of federal immigration law and public safety, according to newly released Immigration and Customs Enforcement records, Breitbart reported.
New records show that Golden State jails did not comply with over 13,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer requests between October 2022 and February 2025. The documents, reviewed by the Center for Immigration Studies, highlight California as the state most frequently refusing to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
An ICE detainer asks local or state law enforcement to hold those under arrest for up to 48 hours after their scheduled release, allowing ICE to take custody for potential deportation. CIS said, “More than half of the declined detainers (52%) were refused by jails and prisons in California.”
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