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Baldwin Park resident urges city to clarify police response to ICE operations; council asks chief to prepare guidance
Summary
A resident asked Baldwin Park officials what the city and police department will do after reported Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations; council members asked the police chief to prepare public guidance and for staff to publish materials.
Raven Urias, a second‑year law student and Baldwin Park resident, told the City Council during public comment on June 18 that she and others have seen videos of immigration officers arriving “seemingly clandestinely wearing masks on unidentified cars,” and asked what the city and police department plan to do to protect residents.
The request drew immediate attention from council members. Mayor Alejandra Avila said staff could not answer detailed policy questions at the meeting but offered to collect Urias’s contact information and provide a follow‑up. Council members and staff said they would ask the police chief to…
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