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Residents and advocates press Oxnard council for legal aid and transparency after ICE operations
Summary
Multiple legal observers and immigrant-rights volunteers described recent ICE activity near North Eighth Street, alleged use of pepper spray and force, and urged the council to place an MOU for immigration attorneys and $1 million in emergency assistance on a future agenda.
Several residents and volunteer legal observers told the Oxnard City Council on Nov. 3 that recent federal immigration enforcement actions in the city have traumatized residents and disrupted essential neighborhood services.
Jessica Castillo, who identified herself as a legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild, said she documented what she described as a forceful enforcement operation on Oct. 29 and that an agent “sprayed me in my face” while she was…
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