Immigration Enforcement

A part-time resident described delivering food to families whose breadwinners were taken and told the council it fails to value its Latino community.

Voiced disdain for federal agents' tactics and urged the council to prevent local law enforcement collusion with ICE.

A former farmer, she described farm labor shortages from ICE activity and criticized the council majority for not treating immigration as the city's top issue.

Cited other cities funding immigrant support services and urged creation of the delayed immigration ad hoc committee.

Urged the council to form the ad hoc committee, make ICE arrest numbers public, and support the No Vigilantes and No Secret Police Acts.

Called on Mayor Patino to act on her year-old statement on immigration enforcement and asked that ICE arrest numbers be put in the public record.

Compared today's immigrants to his own ancestors who arrived without papers, and urged the council to protect the vulnerable.

A CAUSE advocate and Rapid Response Network volunteer, she detailed arrests in Latino neighborhoods and pressed for the ad hoc committee and arrest data transparency.

A youth intern who couldn't attend out of fear, his comment asked why council members weren't supporting the majority-Hispanic community that elected them.

A 60-year resident and League of Women Voters co-president, she noted shrinking public attendance out of fear and read the national League's due-process statement.

Cited an ICE shooting in Minnesota and custody deaths, and urged the ad hoc committee, arrest transparency, and police intervention when ICE uses excessive force.

A MICOP organizer, he shared a family separation story and urged the council to act now rather than waiting until February.