Orange County sheriff's employees are under internal investigation after surveillance video showed two of them speaking briefly with federal immigration agents shortly before a man was detained outside the jail.
The department opened a personnel review after receiving a complaint this month that the employees may have alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, potentially violating the California Values Act, which limits local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Footage released yesterday shows ICE agents parked in an unmarked black SUV outside the Orange County Jail, followed by a deputy and sheriff's special officer approaching the vehicle for what appeared to be a five-second conversation.
The video later shows agents entering a public courtyard and arresting a man, while both employees have been placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues.