Story highlights ICE says city's reaction is motivated by politicsSanta Cruz police chief says he is reconsidering working with feds(CNN) Officials in the sanctuary city of Santa Cruz, California, are angry over reports that during a series of joint raids that netted suspected gang members, ICE also detained people because of their immigration status. Vogel angrily told reporters Thursday that he felt betrayed by DHS and ICE. He said DHS acted outside the scope of the operation in detaining people for their immigration status. Santa Cruz police were looking to get federal help arresting suspected members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang, also known as MS-13, who they thought were planning to kill members of the community. "As a result of this betrayal of trust we will be taking a long and hard look about whether we will cooperate with this federal agency in the future," Vogel said.

Source: CNN February 24, 2017 05:26 UTC