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Residents press West Covina council to bar ICE operations on city property; city manager says no local collaboration
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the City Council to prevent federal immigration enforcement from using city facilities after reports of raids in the region. Acting City Manager told the council and residents that city staff and police have not collaborated with ICE and that staff will report back if legal changes or further action are requested.
A wave of public-comment speakers at the June 17 West Covina City Council meeting urged elected officials to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using city facilities and to limit local cooperation with federal immigration agents.
Ernesto Garcia, one of several speakers during a lengthy oral‑communications period, asked the council to “direct our city manager to create a list of all city‑owned properties for the purposes of disseminating that list along with instructions expressing the city's wishes to not allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement” to stage operations on municipal property.
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