“Instead of holding the Salvadoran criminal illegal alien for ICE, Santa Monica police released him back into the community. According to ICE, officers located Saravia in a public area near police headquarters on July 23. The arrest reflects an ongoing tension between federal immigration authorities and the Santa Monica Police Department over the city's approach to immigration enforcement. SMPD has reiterated that it does not honor civil immigration detainers or participate in federal immigration enforcement operations. Jacob has said SMPD does not conduct immigration sweeps, raids or detentions based solely on a person's immigration status, and does not independently enforce federal immigration law.