Sheriff’s and police departments in counties with a majority or near-majority of Hispanic residents were about as likely to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement as their counterparts in counties with smaller-than-average Hispanic populations, according to a new study from a University of California, Santa Cruz professor.
In California, that includes counties in the Central Valley like Kern and Fresno where more than half of all residents are Hispanic. Those counties are also among the more conservative in the state and have sheriffs that have generally supported close cooperation with ICE.
