""Nursing does not stop at the bedside, and we know that. In order to heal our patients, we have to heal our communities. And right now, ICE is a danger," said Michelle Gutierrez Vo, a president of the California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee. "ICE is a danger to our communities, to the citizens, as evidenced by the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.""
""The first ordinance creates "ICE-free zones" that ban federal immigration enforcement activities from all county buildings, and requires all law enforcement officers to identify themselves upon entry. The second seeks to establish a Bay Area regional response plan, both within county agencies and across county lines, to connect with other local governments that have adopted similar "ICE-free zones."""
Alameda County adopted two ordinances to protect immigrants and block federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. The first ordinance designates county buildings as ICE-free zones, bans federal immigration enforcement activities on county property, and requires law enforcement to identify themselves upon entry. The second ordinance creates a Bay Area regional response plan to coordinate county agencies and neighboring local governments that have established similar ICE-free zones. The vote followed protests and a march by striking California Nurses Association members who chanted "Abolish ICE" and cited recent killings by federal agents as rationale.
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