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Residents Press Corona City Council to Limit Use of City Property in Recent ICE/CBP Operations
Summary
Dozens of residents told the Corona City Council that federal immigration-enforcement officers staged operations in City Hall parking areas and on nearby streets, urging the council to explore local ordinances to protect residents and to fund legal and emergency support.
Dozens of residents used the council’s public-comment time to describe what they said were aggressive immigration-enforcement operations near City Hall and in nearby neighborhoods and to urge the Corona City Council to act. Speakers said federal officers used the City Hall parking lot to stage detentions, sometimes without clear identification, and that the activity had left families afraid to go about daily life.
“Agents showed disrespect not only toward our residents, but toward our public space,” Tammy Friedrich said during public comment, alleging officers used city-owned property as a staging area and describing visible, frightening scenes she said occurred on a Sunday when families were gathered for community events.
Other residents offered video-based…
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