Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for March 4, 2026

Conditions of SCAAP appear to be focused on criminals

I am writing in response to the IJ editorial published Feb. 22 with the headline “Marin must pull out of immigrant information program.” I appreciate the board tackling the issue of immigration enforcement and the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.

The editorial states that this program “requires the county to submit to the U.S. Department of Justice the names of jail inmates … who have been incarcerated for at least four...