San Diego County Votes to End ICE, CBP Training at Local Ranges

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 on August 18, 2026, to terminate long-standing agreements that allowed federal immigration agencies to use county-owned shooting ranges for training and firearms qualifications. The decision ends contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to use the San Diego Regional Firearms Training Center in Otay Mesa and a Navy-leased range at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer and Vice Chair Paloma Aguirre, who jointly proposed the ban, argued that county resources should not support federal operations they said disregard due process and harm local immigrant communities. "Our public facilities should serve our residents, not support federal immigration operations that ignore due process and the rule of law," Lawson-Remer stated. The proposal was approved by Lawson-Remer, Aguirre, and Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, while Supervisors Jim Desmond and Joel Anderson voted against it.

The agreements were executed administratively as they fell below the monetary threshold requiring board approval. Since 2024, federal agents logged approximately...