Overview

• Glendale announced June 9 it will terminate its 2007 contract with DHS and ICE to hold immigration detainees after officials deemed the arrangement too divisive.
• The city emphasized its police department will not enforce federal immigration law and remains in compliance with California’s sanctuary statutes.
• Since January, ICE has held 82 individuals in the Glendale jail, and ending the agreement may complicate family visits and access to legal counsel for detainees.
• Protests against ICE raids in Los Angeles spread to San Francisco, where clashes with law enforcement led to roughly 60 arrests.
• Governor Gavin Newsom criticized the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles as a breach of state sovereignty that escalated tensions.