SHERIFF FURIOUS AT ICE IN D.C.

Sheriff Donny Youngblood says his department is the victim of fake news. He says a Fox News report Wednesday night said Kern County ranks third in the nation for refusing 48 hour detention holds for federal immigration agents, but he says they don’t even deal with so-called “detainers.” The report claimed 65 refusals in just one week in February although the holds were deemed unconstitutional last year. Youngblood says local ICE agents have apologized and don’t know why their D.C. headquarters would issue the false report. When asked if the incident smells like politics, he said, “It smells like something.”

Sean Michael Lisle