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Residents urge Santa Paula council to join ACLU suit and support immigrants after ICE activity; council hears procedural options
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council to join an ACLU lawsuit and take immediate steps to protect immigrant residents after ICE activity at a local food distribution site; city staff explained procedural steps for joining litigation or placing an urgent agenda item.
Residents and nonprofit leaders used the public‑comment period to urge the Santa Paula City Council to take immediate action after recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at a community food distribution site.
Speakers described fear among farmworkers, mixed‑status families and others and asked the council to: sign on to a federal ACLU lawsuit challenging recent ICE operations; hold a special meeting; form an ad hoc committee to study local policy options; and allocate emergency funds for affected families.
Fabiola (Avila) Gomez, a Santa Paula resident, told the council: “ICE raids have increased tremendously this…
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