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Santa Ana council drops idea of ICE notification policy after federal warning
The Orange County Register ^ | June 17, 2025 | Hanna Kang

Posted on 06/18/2025 7:04:24 AM PDT by TheDon

Santa Ana councilmembers voted to drop work on a proposed policy that would have required the city’s Police Department to publicly post alerts about federal immigration enforcement activity.

A letter from U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli was received June 7, warning city leaders that implementing the policy could endanger officers, disrupt criminal investigations and expose city staff and elected officials to federal prosecution.

Discussing the letter during a closed session on Tuesday, June 17, the council voted 5-2, with councilmembers Benjamin Vazquez and Johnathan Hernandez opposed, to kill the proposal now. Councilmembers had asked city staff previously for more information about how the policy would work and what could be the implications.

“After reviewing the legal analysis and potential criminal liability and consequences to staff and elected officials, the council voted to discontinue further work on the councilmember-generated policy proposal,” City Attorney Sonia Carvalho reported out of the closed session.

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1 posted on 06/18/2025 7:04:24 AM PDT by TheDon
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To: TheDon
expose city staff and elected officials to federal prosecution

This is the only one they cared about.

2 posted on 06/18/2025 7:05:59 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: TheDon

LOL...idiots.


3 posted on 06/18/2025 7:11:00 AM PDT by Democrat = party of treason
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To: TheDon

Isn’t it about time some of these people got with the program?


4 posted on 06/18/2025 7:50:50 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: oldtech

Exactly.


5 posted on 06/18/2025 8:43:58 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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