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Residents urge Monrovia to investigate ICE custody deaths and adopt sanctuary ordinance
Monrovia City Council · May 6, 2026
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Summary
Public commenters at Monrovia’s May 5 council meeting urged officials to investigate deaths in immigration custody, establish a memorial and adopt a sanctuary-city ordinance; the council did not take formal action during the meeting.
During the public-comment period on May 5, resident Sherry Lochner (speaker 12) urged the Monrovia City Council to pursue three steps: obtain investigatory reports into the death of Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez, adopt an ordinance declaring Monrovia a sanctuary city, and create a permanent memorial honoring him.
Lochner told…
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