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Board adopts policies to bar civil immigration enforcement staging on county property

Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors · December 10, 2025
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Summary

The board unanimously adopted Board Policy 3.75 restricting use of county‑owned and controlled properties (parking lots, vacant land, staging areas) for civil immigration enforcement and 3.76 consolidating access‑to‑services protections; community groups praised the action and urged the board to press for similar regional policies.

The Board of Supervisors on Dec. 9 adopted two policies intended to limit civil immigration enforcement activity on county property and to consolidate rules protecting community members’ access to county services.

County counsel presented Board Policy 3.75, which prohibits use of county‑owned or controlled parking lots, vacant parcels and other areas as staging, processing or operations bases for federal civil immigration enforcement. The policy also clarifies that county employees lack authority to consent to federal access to…

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