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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Indigo Vu <indigo.vu@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 11:43 AM <br />To: eComment; Sarmiento, Vicente; Phan, Thai; Penaloza, David; Lopez, Jessie; Bacerra, <br />Phil; Hernandez, Johnathan; Mendoza, Nelida <br />Cc: general@vietrise.org <br />Subject: Vote Yes On Santa Ana Resolution (Agenda Item 21) in Support of the VISION Act (AB <br />937) <br />Dear Mayor Sarmiento and Santa Ana City Council Members, <br />My name is Indigo Vu, and I am a resident of Ward 1 in Santa Ana as well as an Arts and Culture Commissioner for the <br />city. I am writing to you today to ask that each of you vote yes on today's Agenda Item 21, the resolution in support of <br />the VISION Act (AB 937 - Carrillo). Thank you Councilmember Phan and Mayor Sarmiento for agendizing this item. <br />Under current law, immigrants and refugees who enter the criminal justice system can <br />be punished twice through voluntary and unnecessary transfers to ICE detention, <br />despite the fact they have already been deemed eligible for release. While in detention, <br />they are at heightened risk of illness in our still -ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and of <br />deportation. This practice is cruel and serves only to splinter families and to further <br />punish Black, Latinx, and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee communities that are <br />already harmed from lack of structural support. <br />As an Arts and Culture Commissioner, I feel it is essential for me to voice that we, in <br />Santa Ana, cannot truly have a thriving culture if we do not support our communities, <br />which in Santa Ana shines because of the work of immigrants and refugees. <br />Santa Ana has already made history by passing the strongest sanctuary city ordinance in <br />the country, and you can continue this legacy of immigrant rights advocacy by voting in <br />favor of supporting the VISION Act. <br />Again, please vote yes on tonight's resolution in support of the VISION Act. <br />Thank you for your local leadership in setting a standard for bold and strong immigrant <br />rights advocacy. Please confirm receipt of this email correspondence. <br />Best regards, <br />Indigo Vu <br />Pronouns: they/them <br />9 <br />