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Residents press Inglewood council to adopt sanctuary measures after ICE activity; council cites legal limits
Summary
Multiple residents and nonprofit leaders urged the Inglewood City Council to pass a sanctuary policy and create a legal/safety‑net fund after recent ICE activity; council members said the city will continue community outreach and service‑provider networking but noted legal constraints on direct allocation of public funds.
Several Inglewood residents and nonprofit representatives used public comment to press the council for municipal actions after local ICE activity and raids. Yaritza Gonzales and other speakers asked the council to agendize and pass a sanctuary policy, to strengthen protections and to create a fund for legal and safety‑net resources. "We need more than words. We need action now," Gonzales said, urging the council to stand alongside immigrants in Inglewood.
Herminia Galvez described a neighbor’s eviction that she tied to ICE activity. Maritza Medina and others urged more visible, timely city leadership and better outreach to Latino residents. Sierra Smith, a local nonprofit mental‑health director, requested specific municipal commitments: a statement that private information will not be shared with ICE and a municipal pledge that city resources will not be used to assist ICE — or else a clear explanation of why certain actions would be legally constrained.
Council members responded with repeated assurances of concern and outreach. One council member emphasized that the city does not have authority to control federal enforcement and that the city and police do not have cooperative communications with ICE regarding detainee populations; the council noted they are limited by law in how public funds may be used but said they will continue to connect affected families to nonprofit supports, churches and legal‑aid networks. Council members described confidential outreach to affected families and said city staff will continue to use networks to support residents while considering legal constraints on creating targeted public funds.
Next steps: Council members asked staff to continue outreach and coordination with community partners; residents requested the issue be formally agendized for policy consideration.
