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Residents, immigrant advocates press mayor to retract remarks; council offers no immediate policy change
Summary
Speakers at the July 8 Lake Elsinore City Council meeting demanded the mayor retract statements they said targeted immigrants and asked the council to provide staff training and 'know-your-rights' materials; the council did not take formal action on those requests.
Voices from immigrant-rights groups and local residents confronted the Lake Elsinore City Council on July 8, urging the mayor to retract comments they described as anti-immigrant and asking the city for training and protections for immigrant residents.
"They deserve dignity, just like all of us here," said Eddie Torres, policy director with the Inland Coalition for American Justice, addressing the council and referencing an arrest of a day laborer earlier that day. Brian Sanchez, an organizer with the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, said the mayor's June 10 remarks had "caused harm" and asked the…
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