Advocacy groups say the county's 'Trust Policy' still falls short in curbing deportations.
that prohibits Fairfax employees — including police officers — from cooperating with federal immigration agents, a move meant to counter the fear that many undocumented immigrants have of dealing with government officials.
Those rates include cases from a variety of sources. Among them: ICE arrests in the community, cases where an undocumented immigrant is released from federal prison and enters the ICE orbit, cases that are transferred from another jurisdiction to Fairfax and cases that are old and have not been resolved, the advocates say.
“If the Board wishes to gain immigrants’ trust, particularly in the area of public safety, it must jump-start implementation of the Trust Policy,” the letter said.County officials said that no agency in Fairfax, including the police department, interacts with ICE.