The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, for the first time since 2020, is once again transferring jail inmates to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, releasing 20 inmates since May through a legal maneuver that is not blocked by local sanctuary policies.

According to sheriff’s department records reviewed by The Los Angeles Times, the department released eight inmates to ICE in May and another 12 in June.

Eleven of those transferred are Mexican, six are from Guatemala, and one each came from Colombia, El Salvador, and Honduras. They ranged in age from 19 to 63 years old.

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