The Riverside Sherrif, Chad Bianco, who took a knee to support the BLM, during the BLM riots, has announced he will not help ICE.
“As of Saturday afternoon, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department had not issued a statement regarding the raids, but Sheriff Chad Bianco issued a statement on Feb. 6 after the Trump administration began its crackdown on illegal immigration.
“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and your deputies have not, are not, and will not engage in any type of immigration enforcement. That is the sole responsibility of the federal government,” Bianco said.
“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has spent years building a positive relationship with our immigrant communities, many of which have an inherent fear of law enforcement from the experiences in the countries from which they have fled. We are not like other places,” continued Bianco, who has announced that he is running for governor in 2026.”
In his own words he thinks it helps a positive relationship by protecting illegal aliens. Positive for whom—the criminals or their victims?
Riverside County Authorities Reassure Community Following Immigration Raids
by Contributing Editor, MyNewsLA, 6/7/25 https://mynewsla.com/crime/2025/06/07/riverside-county-authorities-reassure-community-following-immigration-raids/
A series of immigration enforcement actions across downtown Los Angeles was sparking uncertainty across Southern California Saturday, including in Riverside County, where local authorities were taking to social media in an attempt to clarify their role.
“The City of Cathedral City and Cathedral City Police Department want to emphasize that we do not participate in any civil immigration enforcement activities,” officials said Saturday. “We deeply value diversity, inclusion and public trust within our community, and we want our residents to know that when they call for help, the Cathedral City Police Department will respond, investigate, and protect everyone — regardless of a person’s legal status.”
The Indio Police Department reissued a similar statement Friday.
“Our priority is to foster trust between law enforcement and the public and to show our commitment to all who reside in our community,” the police department announced. “We do not enforce federal immigration laws, and communication with federal agencies may only occur on very serious criminal matters, such as violent felonies, human trafficking, and terrorism-related investigations. Any such cooperation is conducted within the legal framework established by state and federal regulations and does not involve civil immigration enforcement.”
As of Saturday afternoon, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department had not issued a statement regarding the raids, but Sheriff Chad Bianco issued a statement on Feb. 6 after the Trump administration began its crackdown on illegal immigration.
“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office and your deputies have not, are not, and will not engage in any type of immigration enforcement. That is the sole responsibility of the federal government,” Bianco said.
“The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has spent years building a positive relationship with our immigrant communities, many of which have an inherent fear of law enforcement from the experiences in the countries from which they have fled. We are not like other places,” continued Bianco, who has announced that he is running for governor in 2026.
“I will also continue to fight to reform an extremely dangerous sanctuary state law forced upon us by reckless politicians that forces federal immigration officials from ICE into our communities to find these criminals, rather than removing them from the safety of our county jails. We do not want the fears of our immigrant community to prevent them from calling their local law enforcement when they are being victimized,” Bianco added.
The raids began Friday morning as agents from what appeared to be multiple federal law enforcement agencies could be seen escorting men in handcuffs into vehicles outside a Home Depot at 1675 Wilshire Blvd. in the Westlake District of Los Angeles.
“ICE officers and agents alongside partner law enforcement agencies, executed four federal search warrants at three locations in central Los Angeles,” Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe of Homeland Security Investigations said. “Approximately 44 people were administratively arrested [with] one arrest for obstruction.”
O’Keefe told the Los Angeles Times that search warrants were served regarding illegal immigrants and anyone harboring them.
Further raids took place later Friday, eventually sparking demonstrations that turned violent, leading to nearly four dozen arrests.
Trump administration officials were vowing to prosecute any demonstrators who broke the law, and accusing local Democratic elected officials of fueling lawlessness. Local politicians and immigrant rights groups, meanwhile, accused the administration of going too far, using heavy-handed militaristic tactics and targeting some legal immigrants as well.
Stupidity runs even in the Sheriff’s department and you can’t fix stupid!
One less Republican candidate for governor.
He’s lost me. I was deciding between Bianco and Hilton, but this issue is too important. It’s Hilton now.
This is why I’m voting for Hilton and not this nut or Demorats.
He also took a knee with BLM. He said he thought they were praying and then I read he said it was to protect his city. I callBS