kpbs Last year, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office transferred almost three times more inmates to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody than in 2024, according to an annual transfer report. The dramatic increase in transfers is almost entirely due to a spike in federal warrants from ICE and has led to renewed calls for Sheriff Kelly Martinez to end the practice. Under California’s sanctuary laws, county sheriffs can transfer immigrant inmates to ICE custody as long as they’ve been convicted of certain crimes or if ICE presents a federal warrant. In 2025, sheriff’s deputies transferred 83 people to ICE custody, up from 30 transfers in 2024. Martinez shared the numbers last week during a public forum. Data show federal warrants accounted for 53 of the 2025 transfers. While many of the 83 transfers had violent criminal convictions like murder, assault, kidnapping and child abuse, several had nonviolent offenses from several years ago. For example, a Mexican national with a 1996 robbery conviction was rearrested for drug possession in May 2025. The Sheriff’s Office used the 1996 conviction as justification for the transfer. Read the rest of the story at kpbs.org 📝Gustavo Solis 📷 @bowlersdesk View all 65 comments