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6~w�,(�- EL C E NTRO <br />I�=� CULTURAL <br />DE MWCO <br />May 4, 2021 <br />Dear Mayor Sartmento and Santa Ana City Council Members, <br />On behalf of El Centro Cultural de Mexico, we ask that you to cote Yes on the resolution in <br />support of the VISION Act (AB 937 - Carrillo) an Tuesday, May 4. As you know A Centro <br />works with the immigrant community and is impacted by the violence that many of our families <br />face. <br />The VISION Act is a state bill that would stop the practice of transferring imffigrants and <br />refugees who have already been deemed eligible for release from being transferred by local jails <br />and our state prison system to immigration detention. The VISION Act takes urgent and <br />necessary strides toward emmng that millions of dollars in local and state tax dollars are not <br />used to put immigrants in dangerous health conditions in migration detention and separate <br />immigrant families and communities. <br />Fmthennae, the VISION Act addresses anti- Asim violence and pats an end to the cycle of <br />trauma and violence for Black, Latimw and Sotrtheast Asian rant and refugee communities <br />who are being doable punished through incarceration and departatian. Countless refugee <br />commrmity members who survived war and violence and were incarcerated as youth are now <br />being indefinitely placed in ICE detention in Califormia due to ICE transfers. <br />In 2016, Santa Ana passed the strongest sanctuary city ordinance in the country and committed <br />the city's support with the CA Vahres Act. This resolution presents another opportunity for Santa <br />Ana to strongly demonstrate its commitment to protecting refugee and immigrant communities <br />from cruel detention and deportation in the city and statewide. <br />Please vote yea on the city resolution in support of the VISION Act We thank you for yam local <br />leadership in setting a standard for bold and strong munigrant rights advocacy. Please confirm <br />receipt of this email correspondence. Thank you to Co ncihnember Phan and Mayor Samnento <br />for putting it on the agenda. <br />Sincerely, <br />Carolina Sarmiento <br />Board of Directors <br />Centro Cultural de Mexico <br />