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Residents press Camarillo council over ICE operations; sheriff says federal actions complicate local trust-building
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to adopt protections after recent ICE operations; Ventura County Sheriff said federal immigration enforcement practices are straining community trust and local policing but that local agencies follow California law on detainers and judicial warrants.
Several residents at Wednesday’s Camarillo City Council meeting urged local leaders to protect immigrant families and create a city-level response after recent immigration enforcement actions in the region. Speakers described raids, damaged property and continuing fear among neighbors; some asked the council to form an immigration stakeholders committee.
“Right now in communities across our country and here in our own backyard, families are terrified,” Blanca Ortega told the council, reading a passage she attributed to historical parallels. Claudia, a resident, said, “It’s been a hundred and 4 days since the…
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