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Anti-ICE protest at San Luis Obispo County Jail

December 21, 2025

Photo by Jeff Specht

By KAREN VELIE

A group of approximately 20 protestors gathered outside the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday morning to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions at the jail.

At 10 a.m., protesters gathered off Highway 1 at Kansas Avenue. They held signs seeking the impeachment of President Donal Trump and the abolishment of ICE.

For months. anti-Ice protestors have gathered at the SLO County Jail from about 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. in an attempt to obstruct federal agents from arresting undocumented immigrants during their releases from the jail.

Photo by Jeff Specht

ICE agents monitor jail logs for arrests and releases of undocumented immigrants with a history of deportations. On mornings when an criminal alien is being released, ICE agents wait in the lobby with plans to conduct an arrest.

Inmates with federal warrants, generally for violent crimes, are handed over to ICE agents and not released. However, because of California sanctuary state laws, local law enforcement does not honor ICE detainers.

An immigration detainer is a request from ICE that asks local law enforcement to hold an individual for up to 48 hours beyond their scheduled release from jail to allow ICE to take custody. California law restricts when law enforcement can comply, generally requiring a judicial warrant or a conviction for specific crimes before a hold can be placed.

“We are out her protesting because ICE is kidnapping people out of the SLO County Jail and the SLO Sheriff’s Office is being disingenuous about the extent about their cooperation with ICE,” according to a protestor. “About 60 people this year have been abducted from the jail or the courthouse by ICE.”

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Too bad ICE did not detain and remove Briant Reyes-Estrada,when he was released from SLO County jail and sent him back to Mexico. If ICE had been allowed to do their job his 6 year old son would still be alive. These protestors have nothing better to do? How about volunteer your time as a child abuse advocate or take sandwiches to the homeless living in the riverbed, anything that actually makes this world a better place.


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And what have you been doing to help your community NorthCountyLady? Nobody is against ICE doing their job. What we are protesting is their blatantly illegal actions in violating due process, holding people without warrants, arresting citizens because they are brown, stealing detainees property after arresting them, and generally being absolutely shitty individuals with no conscience of remorse. Remember that there was a bipartisan bill to address immigration and the closeted, self-loathing Mike Johnson bent to the will of the orange demagogue and spiked it so that the aspiring liar-in-chief would have an issue to run on since he clearly has no ideas for actually helping anyone.


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