San Diego County has voted to bar US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using its firearms training ranges, a decision that has drawn sharp criticism from Republicans who accuse local officials of hindering federal law enforcement while claiming to support public safety. The move is the latest flashpoint in California's ongoing clashes with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement, coming as the state's Republican legislative leadership pushes back against what it calls "reckless" and hypocritical policy from Democratic-run jurisdictions.

The county, California's second-largest, will no longer permit ICE personnel to train at county-run shooting ranges, a step the top Republican in the state Legislature said was "dumbfounding" given ongoing concerns about crime and public safety. The report comes amid a wider political battle, with Homeland Security Secretary Mullin separately criticising Democratic lawmakers for introducing more than 240 bills aimed at challenging federal immigration enforcement, and citing a California case in which a suspect released pending trial went on to commit a fatal stabbing.