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