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Flores, Dora <br />From: <br />niko le <niko.lesw@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, May 03, 2021 9:00 PM <br />To: <br />eComment, Sarmiento, Vicente; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Hernandez, Johnathan; <br />Mendoza, Nelida <br />Cc: <br />general@vietrise.org <br />Subject: <br />YES on Agenda Item 21 - in Support of the VISION Act <br />Good evening Mayor Sarmiento and Santa Ana City Councilmembers, <br />My name is Niko Le, and I have been a resident of Santa Ana for almost 10 years. <br />As a child of a Honduran immigrant and a Vietnamese refugee, whose parents met in Santa Ana, the importance <br />of this resolution is not lost on me. <br />I am asking you to vote YES on Agenda Item 21, the resolution in support of the VISION Act (AB 937 - <br />Carrillo), at the meeting tomorrow evening. <br />The VISION Act would end a cruel practice of double punishment for immigrants and refugees throughout <br />California by preventing ICE transfers after a prison sentence has already been served. This would in particular, <br />help protect Black, Latinx, and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee communities, which make up the <br />overwhelming majority of our city. <br />Santa Ana, which has shown itself to support and honor its immigrant communities before through its <br />declaration of being a sanctuary city, should be in support of the VISION Act. I hope you all continue to uplift -- <br />and materially protect --immigrant and refugee communities here by doing your part to make sure our city <br />officially supports such key legislation. <br />Again, please vote YES on the city council resolution in support of the VISION Act. <br />Thank you for your time. I hope you don't let me or my family down. <br />Please confirm that this email comment has been received. <br />Best regards, <br />Niko Le <br />10 <br />