ICE-free Marin ordinance

She cited over 50 ICE arrests in Marin and urged supervisors to join other Northern California counties in passing an ICE-free ordinance.

She argued the county's proposed policies are mere compliance with SB 580, not leadership, and detailed what an enforceable ordinance would do that a policy cannot.

A Mill Valley resident urged supervisors to use their power to ameliorate ICE-inflicted suffering, and pointedly told President Lucan his 'tested fighter against Trump' campaign boast rings hollow.

A Mexican immigrant and county library employee with DOJ immigration-services certification said ICE's presence would make his job impossible and urged adoption of an ordinance.

A Novato resident warned of an expected ICE surge in California and demanded an explanation of why the county has a policy rather than an ordinance.

Representing Mill Valley Seniors for Peace, she described immigrant staff at the Redwoods senior community living in fear and said no legitimate reason has been given for not passing the ordinance.

A San Rafael resident and Lakota elder called the failure to pass an ordinance a continuation of genocide and demanded moral courage from the Board.

A longtime genocide-documentary producer called ICE a brutal tool used illegally without due process and said he is ashamed local representatives enable it.

A community organizer with Pueblos Unidos California said she represents hundreds of families who cannot attend, and asked the county to pass an ordinance ending all cooperation with ICE.

A daughter of Mexican immigrants speaking online for the third time said the community is exhausted, in constant fear, and demanded the Board state its reasons on the record.

With MV Free, she cited immigrants' $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes and argued a policy is not legally enforceable against ICE.

A Novato resident of 15 years said Marin's consensus on values means it must pass the most stringent measures against ICE cooperation.

A San Rafael resident called the failure to pass the ordinance immoral and asked the Board to listen to the community.

A San Rafael Dominican who grew up in San Anselmo described ICE detentions without due process as immoral regardless of legality and compared them to nations without rule of law.

A legal observer for the Marin Rapid Response Network and granddaughter of a Holocaust victim described abductions outside the jail and demanded the Board pass the ordinance.

A POC vice mayor and first-generation immigrant said policies won't help in emergencies and challenged the supervisors to be as bold as she is in speaking up.

A Mill Valley resident argued the county's choice communicates indifference to ICE's tactics and that an enforceable ordinance is a statement about who Marin is.

A retired Kaiser physician described a client freed only by habeas corpus and explained the documented lifelong medical harms of chronic stress on immigrant families.

With the ICE-free Marin coalition, he directly challenged President Lucan over nearly a year of delay and questioned whether he's playing it safe for his Assembly campaign.

A clinical psychologist said the issue is on all Marin children's minds, not just immigrants' kids, and warned that not passing the ordinance creates an unsafe environment for youth.

The DSA Marin co-chair said Marin is nearly alone in the Bay Area without meaningful safeguards and demanded a strong ordinance, warning 'we'll remember in November.'

A West Marin resident traced the sheriff's history of sharing license plate data with ICE-linked agencies and argued a law, not a policy, binds Sheriff Scardina.

She noted Marin is one of only two of nine Bay Area counties with neither an ICE-free nor sanctuary ordinance and asked the Board to adopt a strong ordinance.

With Indivisible West Marin, she recounted community shock that the ordinance still hasn't passed and rejected the sheriff-as-stakeholder framing.

A first-time speaker from San Rafael demanded a definitive answer on whether the county will prohibit voluntary cooperation with ICE and said silence is not neutrality.

A retired attorney who volunteers on habeas petitions said her team wins nearly every case because the law is so egregiously violated, and described inhumane detention conditions.

A 77-year Marin resident and former Novato analyst spoke of her mixed-heritage family and the dangers faced by people with darker skin during enforcement stops.

A Mill Valley resident thanked the crowd and the Board, then read a quote about choosing what is right over what is easy, saying the community is watching.

A 37-year San Rafael resident said any unenforceable policy will be ignored by ICE and demanded either an ordinance or a full legal explanation — otherwise the ballot box will decide.

A Fuerza Unidas/No ICE in Marin organizer from Sausalito said flatly, 'We don't need a policy. We need a damn ordinance,' and criticized the yearlong delay.

With We the People Novato, she drew on her Amnesty International volunteering to ask whether Marin should be contributing to today's human rights violations.

A Novato student said she wants to stand up for immigrant friends and family friends against what she called horrible actions by ICE.

A 38-year county resident urged the Board to have the courage to protect neighbors pursuing the American dream.

A Greenbrae mother said she is tired of explaining videos of children separated from parents to her own kids, and pushed back on claims the Latino community doesn't care — 'we're just scared.'

A first-time speaker from Novato said ICE terrorizes the whole community, questioned the Board's motives, and demanded an enforceable ordinance.

A repeat speaker and Unitarian Universalist promised to return next week and demanded an enforceable ordinance, citing due process and the dozens of people taken in Marin.

A repeat speaker rejected the Board's press-release language and Friday-evening proposal announcements, saying only a unanimous ordinance vote counts — 'no ordinance, no peace.'

A San Rafael resident said it's long past time to stop treating ICE as a legitimate agency to reason with and urged the county to use every tool to stand up against federal overreach.

He compared current conditions to 1937 Germany as seen by his father and challenged supervisors to prove their positions with action.

A lifelong Marin resident demanded the Board pursue an ICE-free ordinance, described her family's experience with unannounced jail releases, and questioned what Marin's role in the Bay Area should be.

A 40-year Strawberry resident kept it to three words: 'Grow a pair.'

A Terra Linda resident said she lost trust in local police after a DEA/Homeland Security raid on her home where the sheriff was present and no warrant was shown to her.

A muralist on his way to work invoked his WWII veteran uncles, warning that authoritarian regimes don't self-regulate and good people must stop them.

A 30-year San Rafael resident invoked 'We the People' and Bob Dylan, saying over 50 arrests have happened in Marin and telling the Board their time is up.

A clinical psychologist of 30 years said she wept when the child spoke, warned of potential carnage if enforcement reaches the Bay Area, and urged the strongest ordinance possible.

He described filming at an immigrant after-school program and feeling terror ripple through the children when a stranger appeared, warning that critics and voters are also targets.

A Mill Valley-raised nurse said she doesn't want Marin to become 'me county,' and asked the Board to act on the ordinance as the right thing to do.

A first-time speaker from Parent Voices, an immigrant who arrived in 1995, said she still fears for older Latinos who are afraid to speak.

A lifelong Marin resident and former immigration reporter described a man with humanitarian visa and stage-four cancer whose case was dismissed without due process.

A 57-year Marin resident born in San Francisco said she felt afraid walking down Fourth Street for the first time in her life, wondering if she should carry her passport.

A West Marin resident whose father was deported about ten years ago described the lasting family trauma and asked Supervisor Lucan to 'be a hero in this term.'

ICE Out of Marin coalition member urged the Board to pass an ICE-free Marin ordinance, citing ICE deaths nationwide.

Repeated his request that the Board place the ICE-free ordinance on an agenda, and later objected strenuously to the sheriff's military equipment renewal being on consent, calling it a transparency violation.