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Residents urge Ontario to establish immigrant compassion fund after alleged ICE/CBP incidents
Summary
Public commenters described alleged ICE/CBP enforcement, including abductions and use of unmarked vehicles, and urged the council to create an immigrant compassion fund to help families with food and legal resources; the council did not take formal action on the request.
Multiple residents told the council they are living in fear of immigration enforcement and asked Ontario to create an immigrant compassion fund to help families affected by ICE and CBP operations.
"I am again requesting that the city fund an immigrant compassion fund for families affected by ICE and now CBP rates in our city," Tina Silva said during public comment, adding that "just last Thursday, a gentleman was taken from the corner of Holt and Euclid at a bus stop." Silva…
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