Sheriff Hernandez’s stance on ICE detainers kept deputies from receiving body armor

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputies do not have rifle-resistance vests because Sheriff Sally Hernandez will not commit to hold all arrested undocumented immigrants for deportation.
In January, Governor Abbott announced the state would fund $23 million in grants to purchase 33,000 vets for more than 450 law enforcement departments. Every agency that applied for vests received them. Travis County did not apply for the grant because one condition from the g