{"id":323208,"date":"2026-05-19T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323208\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:28:10","slug":"fresno-county-jail-transfers-to-ice-fall-sharply-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323208\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Jail Transfers to ICE Fall Sharply in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a five-year high of transfers of criminal suspects from the Fresno County Jail to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2025 numbers show a significant drop.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni presented 2025 statistics showing how many ICE transfer requests were received and how many were approved from the Fresno County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>He said the transfer rate dropped 62% from the 2024 high.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals are all dangerous, violent, and involved in felonious, criminal activity,\u201d Zanoni said.<\/p>\n<p>Burglary, False Imprisonment, Domestic Violence<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, deputies transferred 63 criminal suspects to ICE agents after receiving 634 requests from the agency. That means most requests from ICE did not meet the criteria outlined in California\u2019s Senate Bill 54, which limits cooperation between local and state law enforcement agencies and ICE.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a nearly 62% drop from the 102 transfers in 2024 \u2014 a five-year high at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Zanoni broke down the 63 transfers this way:<\/p>\n<p>36 crimes against people<br \/>\n4 sex crimes<br \/>\n13 property crimes<br \/>\n10 DUI\/drug felonies<\/p>\n<p>The top three crimes of those transferred were false imprisonment with violence, felony domestic violence, and felony burglary.<\/p>\n<p>Drug offenses were limited to those caught with methamphetamine, fentanyl, or cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Under California law, deputies cannot proactively inform ICE about criminals. Instead, they receive and review requests from the agency.<\/p>\n<p>He said his office does not pursue people not associated with a crime, regardless of their legal status.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld said he understands people\u2019s fear of immigration enforcement, but law enforcement cooperation with ICE increases public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do support ICE getting rid of criminals who are preying on people,\u201d Bredefeld said.<\/p>\n<p>SB 54 Not an Excuse to Cooperate With ICE: Advocates<\/p>\n<p>Community organizers said cooperation with ICE creates fear within the undocumented community. They said that fear keeps people from calling law enforcement about other issues.<\/p>\n<p>Nora Zaragoza, program manager with Faith in the Valley, said SB 54 is not about creating statistics but reducing cooperation with immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Community Organizer Jessica Flores said law enforcement should not view SB 54 as \u201can invitation to find justification for enforcement.\u201d While acknowledging the reduction, she said the goal should be zero.<\/p>\n<p>Zanoni said many criminals exploit undocumented communities\u2019 fear of law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not our job to go out and seek out undocumented people in Fresno County,\u201d Zanoni told GV Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a five-year high of transfers of criminal suspects from the Fresno County Jail to Immigration and Customs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-323208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}