California Sanctuary Cities Ignored 8,901 ICE Detainers and Released Violent Criminals, House Judiciary Report Finds

Cassandra MacDonald : Oct 30, 2026
The Gateway Pundit

"...The "blanket disregard of all immigration detainers is one of the largest public safety threats to our country. States like California are actively shielding criminal illegal immigrants from deportation to score political points. They would rather release these criminals back into the community than allow ICE to do its congressionally mandated job. Sanctuary state policies are not only wrong, they're deeply un-American." -Bill Essayli, first assistant US attorney for the Central District of California

[TheGatewayPundit.com] A new House Judiciary Committee report states that authorities in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego ignored a combined 8,901 ICE detainers, allowing criminal aliens with records that included homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, burglary, weapons offenses, and child abuse to be released back into communities. (Image: via Facebook profile)

The 22-page interim staff report, led by Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Tom McClintock, was released on Thursday.

According to the report, the Los Angeles Police Department honored just four of the 4,177 ICE detainers it received between January 2020 and June 2026

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The San Francisco Sheriff's Office rejected all 2,201 detainers it received between January 2020 and August 2026.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Office declined 2,527 detainers between January 2023 and June 2026, including 894... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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