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Residents press council for transparency after Vineyard shooting and alleged ICE activity
Summary
Multiple public commenters asked the City of Ontario to investigate an Oct. 30 shooting on Vineyard and alleged widespread ICE activity, requested an official acknowledgment of a public‑safety crisis and asked for a fund and state‑of‑emergency declaration to support immigrant families; council members did not take a formal action on those requests during the meeting.
During the public‑comment period several residents described recent incidents they said involved federal immigration agents and cited a shooting on Vineyard that left a community member shot.
Tina Silva opened the topic with a request that the city help immigrant residents and provide Spanish translation for city website material; she said, "Since June, there's been over a 110 incidents of ICE terrorizing our community," and asked whether the Ontario Police Department had investigated the Vineyard shooting and whether the police spoke with community members…
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