"As President Donald Trump's renews his threats to send the National Guard to the Bay Area, Santa Clara County and San Jose are proposing ICE-free zones that would prohibit immigration enforcement activity to take place on county or city-owned property. It's the latest act of resistance against the Trump administration from a county where more than 40% of residents are foreign-born and one in five immigrants are undocumented, according to county estimates."
"Both the county and the city have long held non-cooperation policies that prevent officers from aiding federal agents in immigration enforcement efforts. This is really in the spirit of standing with our community and letting our community know that we want to make sure that we are not somehow inadvertently responsible in helping carry out some of the immigration enforcement activities, Arenas said at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday afternoon."
Santa Clara County and San Jose are proposing ICE-free zones that would bar immigration enforcement activity on county or city-owned property. The initiatives respond to renewed threats to deploy the National Guard to the Bay Area. The county has a high immigrant population, with over 40% foreign-born and an estimated one in five immigrants undocumented. County and city officials have filed lawsuits against federal attempts to restrict sanctuary funding and have funded know-your-rights trainings and immigration legal services. San Jose now requires federal agents to remove face coverings during local enforcement. Officials approved identifying county properties for potential enforcement staging and posting signage.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]