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Residents urge Garden Grove to demand transparency from federal immigration officers; council discusses limits and next steps
Summary
Dozens of Garden Grove residents told the City Council they are living in fear after reported detentions by individuals in unmarked vehicles; speakers demanded federal officers identify themselves, and asked the city to create resource hubs and legal assistance.
Dozens of residents and community leaders called on the Garden Grove City Council to demand transparency, legal resources and protections after multiple incidents in which people said unmarked vehicles and masked officers detained community members.
Speakers described arrests they said occurred in retail parking lots, at car washes and on neighborhood streets, and several asked the city to require federal immigration officers to show official identification when operating in Garden Grove. Community advocates described the practical effects they said the raids have had on daily life: parents afraid to go to schools or grocery stores, workers reluctant to work and students missing school activities.
"The silence surrounding ICE activities is unacceptable," one resident said during public comment. Several speakers used the phrase "silence is complicity"…
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