SAN DIEGO (AP) — The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new ...

Sheriff Martinez says she will continue to follow state law despite new county policy restricting collaboration with federal immigration agencies.

San Diego County’s controversial new policy ending the use ... Within hours, Sheriff Kelly Martinez said she would not enforce the policy, continuing to voluntarily notify ICE of the release ...

(Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Under the new county policy, the Sheriff’s Office and other county agencies would be prohibited from assisting in the transfer of an inmate into ...

The battle over immigration enforcement in San Diego County has drawn national attention, as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — and his promise of mass deportations — draw closer.