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City and the Santa Ana Police Department should not be honoring any ICE hold requests and <br />that the ICE contract should be terminated. <br />Juan Plascencia - supports the "Keep Our Families Together" campaign. Mr. Plascencia <br />acknowledged that police are doing their job but by honoring the ICE contract, he said people <br />don't even know who to contact, because they don't know who is going to show up at their <br />doorstep. Undocumented students at school feel intimidated. When families separated, it takes <br />a toll not only personally and emotionally, but also financially. <br />Abraham Medina - supports the "Keep Our Families Together" campaign. Mr. Medina said they <br />proposed an ordinance at the State level through assembly bill AB84 to no longer honor ICE <br />detainers, but wants to pass a City ordinance to make Santa Ana a safe place for undocumented <br />families. Orange County has the highest rate of youth deportations in the state because ICE and <br />Secure Communities share information. Asking for City Council to pass the ordinance. <br />Carlos Perea - talks about Bill 84 at the State level dealing with ICE hold detainers. Mr. Perea <br />says the City needs to take leadership because cannot rely on whether or not it will be signed by <br />the governors. ICE detainers should target people who commit serious crimes. Regarding <br />privatizing the jail; this usually results in serious human infractions. <br />Haim Cortes - supports "Keeping Families Together" campaign and the termination of police <br />collaboration with Immigrations & Customs Enforcement. State-wide cases of victims of <br />domestic violence are ending in deportation hearings. If police collaborate with ICE in <br />communities of immigrant families, public safety will suffer. Families will hesitate to call <br />police; they will live with abuse in their lives, with danger in their environments because of fear <br />of being sent out of the country. Mr. Cortes said to stop using the Santa Ana City Jail as a <br />detention center for ICE. Privatizing is not the answer either. <br />Marilynn Montano - here as part of the "Keeping Families Together" campaign and a few <br />things: 1) police shouldn't honor ICE holds; 2) my parents are undocumented and I have to <br />worry every day because of police collaboration with ICE; and 3) Council Members and Chief <br />Rojas need to listen to and stand by their community. <br />Karen Miranda - resident and high school student who came in support of the "Keeping Families <br />Together" campaign and ordinance. She is an undocumented student who lives with a single <br />mom. She worries about what would happen if her mom gets deported. <br />Connie Hamilton - alarming number of pedestrian fatalities here in Santa Ana. Spoke with <br />Chief Carlos Rojas and Commander Ibarra. There's going to be a new public awareness <br />campaign for pedestrians and drivers which is sorely needed. Also need to do public education, <br />13B-8