San Diego County will stop letting federal immigration agents train at local firing ranges

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : In San Diego, CBP has had an agreement to use the county's training center since 2017 and ICE has had one since 2021.
56% : " But Martinez said CBP could continue using a county facility, setting up a showdown with the supervisors, who are also elected.
49% : ICE also has had an agreement since 2022 to use a Navy-owned firing range that the county leases on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the letter said.
46% : "Too many people on both sides of the border would be harmed by a decision to end CBP's use of the facility," Martinez said.
40% : ICE did not return requests for comment.
36% : The sheriff made a lengthy defense of CBP's work combating border crime and facilitating trade and travel.
36% : "It is unprecedented for a local partner, such as the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, to knowingly undermine border security and put our communities at risk," Scott said in a statement.
32% : "ICE has overreached and overstepped, but how do you fix that?
29% : " Kelly Martinez, San Diego County's elected sheriff, said after the vote that she told ICE it no longer has access to county facilities, saying she arrived at the decision "after months of conversations and hearing community concerns surrounding the actions of ICE agents during armed confrontations in other parts of the country.
27% : A Southern California county will stop letting federal immigration authorities train at a local firing range over concerns about the Trump administration's violent crackdown on immigrants. San Diego County supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday to end contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to train at a county-owned facility near the Mexican border and a Navy facility leased by the county.

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