"To prevent ICE from doing further harm, Lofgren and Liccardo are calling for the agency to receive no additional taxpayer dollars as a spending bill makes its way through Congress. On Thursday, Senate lawmakers agreed to remove a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security from the rest of the funding package as negotiations continue."
"While mass enforcement actions like the federal deployment in Minneapolis haven't occurred in Santa Clara County, the region is already one of the most impacted areas for targeted ICE operations, according to Huy Tran, executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN). The organization is part of the Rapid Response Network, a group of volunteers that documents ICE activity, sends alerts to the community and provides free emergency legal support for immigrants."
"Tran said the network's hotline gets more than 120 calls on some days. In preparation for the Super Bowl, volunteers are providing the hotline number to businesses around Levi's Stadium."
"We as a community demand accountability, and that means everyone from the bottom to the top requires investigation,"
Silicon Valley elected officials, local law enforcement and immigration advocates are preparing for possible immigration enforcement and potential violence around the Feb. 8 Super Bowl. Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Sam Liccardo and other leaders are urging that ICE receive no additional taxpayer dollars and are calling for impeachment of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Senate lawmakers agreed to remove a Department of Homeland Security funding bill from a larger spending package while negotiations continue. Rapid Response Network volunteers document ICE activity, send community alerts, provide free emergency legal support and operate a hotline that receives more than 120 calls on some days.
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