Bay Area’s ICE arrests fall amid cities’ sanctuary policies, feds’ border efforts
Tatiana Sanchez and Alejandro Serrano Dec. 28, 2019 Updated: Dec. 28, 2019 7:31 p.m.
Federal immigration officials in the greater Bay Area deported about 1,000 fewer people in fiscal 2019 than in the previous year, in tune with a national decline officials largely attribute to reallocation of resources to the U.S- Mexico border.
Authorities this year deported 5,057 people and arrested 5,098 in the San Francisco region, which includes the area from Sacramento to Fresno and Bakersfield, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told The Chronicle. Last fiscal year, officials removed 6,113 people and arrested 6,210.That’s a 17% decrease in deportations and an 18% decrease in arrests.
Some of the arrestees were ultimately deported, meaning there is overlap in the data provided, said ICE spokeswoman Paige Hughes, though she could not say how many people were both arrested and deported. A majority of those apprehended had a previous criminal record, she said.
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