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Mayor, council call for information after masked immigration enforcement actions reported in Irvine
Summary
Mayor Larry Agren told the council of recent immigration-enforcement activity in Irvine that has caused community alarm. He said officers in unmarked vehicles and masks detained several people, and that the Irvine Police Department will not conduct immigration enforcement; the mayor asked staff and the police chief to report back to the council.
Mayor Larry Agren told the council he had consulted with the city manager and chief of police and that federal immigration enforcement actions in Irvine in recent weeks had generated "considerable widespread anxiety." Agren said, to the best of the city's knowledge, Border Patrol and ICE activity in early July focused on workplaces and "resulted in the apparent detention of 5 individuals." He said…
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