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Indio council weighs requests for federal-detention records after resident reports of ICE activity
Summary
Councilmember Oscar Ortiz asked staff to pursue federal records documenting local ICE detentions; council members debated jurisdiction and next steps and the mayor and city attorney suggested placing the matter on a future agenda for staff analysis and follow-up.
Councilmember Oscar Ortiz told Indio City Council on Nov. 5 that residents reported frequent detentions by federal authorities on Monroe and Avenue 111 and asked the council to direct staff to file a Freedom of Information Act request to document who is being detained and why.
"I'd like to ask our council if we could direct staff to do a Freedom of Information Act request for these records that should include: 1, who is being taken and when; 2, what are the charges; and 3, if…
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