Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, who has been ordered by a Superior Court judge to release half the county’s jail population, recently defended his department’s policies regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transfers in front of the Southern California county’s Board of Supervisors.
Barnes said state regulations are responsible for releasing dangerous criminals back onto the county’s streets, which has taken place in Orange County since 2018, when it became required under a California law called the Truth Act.
