ICE Los Angeles Release Checks

Where ICE Custody Shows

Section 11 identifies this page as an immigration custody path for Los Angeles County arrests, not as an LASD facility page. ICE's Online Detainee Locator answers a narrow question: whether a person is in ICE custody or recent CBP custody. USA.gov says the locator can be searched by A-number and country of birth, or by name, country of birth, and date of birth. The ICE locator page identifies its purpose as locating a detainee currently in ICE custody or someone in CBP custody for more than 48 hours.

The local custody event remains separate. If an LASD release is followed by an immigration transfer or detainer issue, confirm the LASD release through LASD custody records and the court record, then confirm immigration custody through ICE, immigration court, counsel, or official immigration channels. Do not infer the transfer simply because a person is no longer visible in an LASD current-custody search.

Confirm an Immigration Custody Path

1. Start with LASD or LAPD custody status if the person was arrested locally. The custody phone line is 213-473-6100 for LAPD or LASD jail custody information.
2. Check LASD release or pending reports only for the county custody question. The LASD Inmate Release Report is a projected-release snapshot and not a completed immigration-transfer archive.
3. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator at https://locator.ice.gov/ if facts suggest current ICE custody or recent CBP custody.
4. Search by A-number and country of birth when available. If no A-number is available, USA.gov identifies the name, country-of-birth, and date-of-birth route.
5. Check the Los Angeles Superior Court case for the local release order, disposition, bail, warrant, or sentence. Court records may explain the local custody event even when immigration records are separate.
6. Use immigration counsel or official immigration channels for case-specific immigration-court, bond, removal, or release questions.

ICE and Local Records Contact

The research supports a divided contact card because no single agency answers both the local jail release and immigration custody questions. LASD records answer what happened to the local booking. ICE answers current federal immigration detention status. The court record answers what the local criminal case ordered or resolved.

About the ICE Path

This page is a custody-track page for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement / DHS, with local cooperation limits under California law and LASD policy. It is not a page for a county jail facility and should not imply that every noncitizen release goes to ICE. Section 8 says ICE's locator is not a historical local release feed. It answers whether someone is in ICE detention.

Los Angeles Policy Context

Section 19's immigration angle is central here. LASD's public immigration policy page says deputies are prohibited from asking about immigration status during routine traffic stops or calls for service and that LASD does not enforce federal immigration laws. LASD's transparency and immigration materials point to the Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Affairs and county resources. That policy context does not answer an individual custody question, but it prevents overbroad wording. A missing LASD current-custody result is not proof that ICE received the person.

For family or counsel trying to build a timeline, the safest sequence is local custody first, then court, then immigration custody if supported. Confirm whether the person was in LAPD temporary custody, LASD county custody, CDCR state custody, BOP federal custody, or ICE custody. Each path has a different public locator and a different records office. The ICE locator should not be used as a fallback search for every released Los Angeles County inmate.

Separate the Records

For released-inmate research, separate three records: the LASD or LAPD local custody record, the Los Angeles Superior Court criminal case, and the federal immigration custody record. A local release record may show time and manner of release or transfer from LASD custody. A court record may show the bail, disposition, sentence, or warrant status. The ICE locator may show current immigration custody. None of those records automatically substitutes for the others.

When requesting local records, ask for the LASD or LAPD custody event by name, booking number if known, date of birth if available, arrest date, and approximate release or transfer date. When checking ICE, use the A-number and country of birth if available because that is the more specific search route identified by USA.gov. If using a name search, country of birth and date of birth become important because name-only searching can create false matches or missed results.

If the ICE locator does not show the person, that result should be read narrowly. It may mean the person is not currently in ICE custody, that the search identifiers do not match, that the person is outside the locator's covered category, or that another custody system is involved. It should not be rewritten into a statement that LASD released the person to the community. For the local event, use LASD or LAPD custody records and the court case; for immigration status, use official immigration channels and qualified legal help where case-specific advice is needed.

Use official immigration, court, LASD, or LAPD records for the specific custody question, and avoid treating one missing locator result as a complete release history.