Residents urge Moorpark to form immigration stakeholders group as sheriff clarifies limits

Multiple Moorpark residents used the public-comment period at the Jan. 21 City Council meeting to press elected officials to create a local immigration services stakeholders group modeled on Oxnard’s effort.

Several speakers described fear in the community after widely shared videos of aggressive federal immigration enforcement in nearby jurisdictions. Pam Orin said she has received “telephone calls, text messages” from friends who are “terrorized” by increased ICE presence and urged the council not to allow similar tactics in Moorpark. Paul Carganilla, a Moorpark resident who works for the City of Oxnard as a community affairs manager, described Oxnard’s biweekly stakeholder group — which includes elected officials, police, school representatives and rapid-response groups — as a nonpolitical forum that shares accurate information and coordinates community supports.…