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We urge the Board to approve $5 million in continued investment in the county Immigrant Rights Legal Defense Fund…and to increase funding for community-based services to address homelessness, mental health and substance use issues to help reduce our jail populations effectively and permanently.

On May 18, 2022, the ACLU sent a letter to the Imperial County Registrar of Voters reinforcing that all election-related materials must be available in Spanish, highlighting deficiencies and making recommendations for improving language access.

The sheriff’s department’s ongoing voluntary entanglement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does the opposite. The sheriff’s department routinely, directly and indirectly, transfers county residents into immigration custody.