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Alcala, Abigail <br />From: <br />Mitre -Ramirez, Norma <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:33 AM <br />To: <br />Alcala, Abigail <br />Subject: <br />FW: ICE contract <br />Follow Up Flag: Follow up <br />Flag Status: Flagged <br />Hello Abigail, <br />Please add to correspondence log. After you have scanned it, let me know. <br />Thankyou <br />From:juan@juanlagunaesq.com [mailto:juan@juanlagunaesq.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 4:56 PM <br />To: eComment <eComment@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: ICE contract <br />Dear City Council Members, <br />I practice Immigration Law exclusively. Many times my clients are detained and housed in Santa Ana. If this facility is no <br />longer available to ICE, people will be sent further away. Eliminating the Santa Ana location will not decrease ICE activity. <br />Although I fully understand the tremendous frustration with immigration laws and immigration enforcement, especially <br />since the Republican administration took office, ensuring that detainees are taken far away from family and legal <br />counsel will not help them. <br />In the past, I would drive 2 hours to Lancaster where immigrants in detention used to be housed. Who knows where <br />they are going to be sent, if Santa Ana is no longer available. It could be Adelanto, Las Vegas, Arizona or even Texas. <br />There is already a shortage of available Immigration attorneys- this will make access to representation even more <br />difficult. <br />As a practitioner I really believe it's best for my clients to be housed near their families and my office. <br />Thanks <br />Juan A. Laguna <br />Attorney at Law <br />Certified Specialist, Immigration & Nationality Law <br />State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization <br />Law Office of Juan A. Laguna, Inc. <br />1113 N. Spurgeon St. <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />