Date:
August 18, 2026
24
To:
Board of Supervisors
Title
Ending County Facilities Use by ICE and CBP for Firearms Training (Districts: All)
End
Overview
Across San Diego County, families are afraid to seek help from the very public institutions meant to protect them. Parents worry that taking a child to school, reporting a crime, or showing up for a medical appointment could expose a loved one to immigration enforcement.
Those concerns have intensified as immigration enforcement activity has increased across the region. According to recent data provided in response to a letter from Congressman Mike Levin, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents removed more than 16,000 people from San Diego County between January 2025 and April 2026, while refusing to disclose how many had criminal records, a level of secrecy that leaves families with no way to know whether due process was followed at all.
Rising enforcement operations, and the fear that comes with them, have eroded trust in all levels of government. Since the start of the second Trump Administration, there have been at least 41 separate shooting incidents, resulting in 11 fatalities, carried out by federal immigration agents during the mass deportation campaign. Separate from these direct shooting deaths, at least 43 people have died while under ICE custody.
The County has spent the past year making clear that no one should fear their own county government. We enacted a strong L-2 Board Policy, Cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, adopted the CLEAR Ordinance, expanded Know Your Rights training for small businesses, and took legal action to ensure health and safety inspections at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Letting ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) train at County facilities is directly at odds with this work.
At the same time, ICE and CBP's San Diego Field Office have been using a County-owned facility for firearms training. Under license ag...
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