In 2025, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department received no requests from ICE to interview individuals in custody and no requests to transfer custody. Designed by Freepik

MARYSVILLE, CA (MPG) - The Yuba County Board of Supervisors in April received its annual report on local compliance with state immigration laws, with Sheriff’s Lt. Susan Jensen outlining limited interaction with federal authorities in 2025.

Jensen, speaking on behalf of the sheriff’s correctional department, presented required data under the TRUTH Act, a California law that mandates transparency when local jails receive requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The law, enacted in 2017, requires agencies to notify individuals when ICE seeks access to people in local custody and to report those contacts annually. It operates alongside the California Values Act, the state’s broader sanctuary-style policy that limits when local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

In 2025, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department received no requests from ICE to interview individuals in custody and no requests to transfer custody. Eight immigration detainer requests for individuals held in the county jail were submitted, but Jensen said none were honored because they did not meet requirements under state law.

ICE also made 21 requests for advance notification of inmate release dates involving individuals held in local custody for criminal offenses, as part of federal immigration enforcement. Of those, 17 were denied because they did not meet legal thresholds or the individuals were no longer in custody.

“We can now only provide a release date to ICE if the inmate has certain criminal history,” Jensen said.

Under the California Values Act, that criteria for agency to cooperate with federal immigration is limited only to serious and violent felonies defined in state law, such as homicide, rape, kidnapping, robbery and certain assault and domestic violence convictions. Cases that do not meet those thresholds, including serious but lower-level offenses, are not eligible for release notification.

The Yuba County Sheriff’s Office complied with one request, while another remains pending, Jensen said. Two additional cases became moot when inmates were transferred to state prison.

Jensen also reported that under separate requirements tied to joint law enforcement task forces, the county recorded zero arrests for immigration enforcement purposes in 2025.

Following the report, supervisors briefly discussed reconvening an ad hoc committee to review the county’s broader policy position related to the state’s lenient immigration practices.