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Family members and advocates call on San Bernardino to protect day laborers after ICE arrests; speakers ask council to pass sanctuary protections
Summary
Speakers described recent ICE detentions of local day laborers near Home Depot and urged the council to pass a sanctuary ordinance and create a protected day‑labor hiring site; organizers said arrests have continued despite requests for city action.
Several public commenters at the Aug. 6 meeting described recent immigration‑enforcement actions that they said targeted day laborers who gather near the Home Depot on West 20th Street and asked the council to pass sanctuary protections and take immediate administrative steps to reduce harassment.
Alexis Teodoro, worker‑rights director for the Pomona Day Labor Center, told the council she submitted a formal letter and asked the city to stop…
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