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Residents urge action on ICE; council directs staff to study potbellied-pig rules and OKs Vietnamese "freedom" sign
Summary
During public comment residents urged the council to "keep ICE out of Garden Grove," citing alleged abuses; council also voted to pursue a Vietnamese-language 'freedom' street sign and directed staff to research changes to the city's animal code to potentially allow Vietnamese potbellied pigs.
Several residents used the Jan. 13 public-comment period to call on Garden Grove officials to take local steps related to immigration enforcement and to protect residents from ICE operations.
Skye Cervantes told the council she had returned after earlier testimony and warned that "ICE is a dangerous organization" and that recent actions have been "increasingly violent," concluding her remarks by asking the council to "please keep ICE out of…
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