What California local police may and may not do about immigration
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What California local police may and may not do about immigration
Under the California Values Act, local police and sheriffs may not:
- Ask about your immigration status for immigration enforcement
- Hold you in jail because ICE asked
- Arrest you on an ICE civil warrant
- Give ICE your home or work address unless it is public
- Act as ICE agents (no 287(g) agreements)
They still may:
- Stop and arrest you for a crime or traffic violation
- Share criminal history, and in limited cases release dates, mostly for serious convictions
- Hand someone to ICE with a judge's warrant
My rights in any stop: I can stay silent about where I was born and my status. I will not lie. I will not run.
If I think the law was broken: write down date, time, place, badge number and what happened. Email immigration@doj.ca.gov. Call a lawyer.
Numbers: San Mateo rapid response (203) 666-4472. Santa Clara rapid response (408) 290-1144. CLSEPA 650-326-6440. Emergency: 911.
From Local Police and ICE. Facts checked October 21, 2026. Free information, not legal or medical advice.