ICE detention facility

LULAC president urged the board to join the lawsuit against the Gilroy detention center, saying racial profiling and detention infrastructure threaten constitutional rights.

A longtime local attorney asked the board to join the Public Rights Project amicus brief and to agendize a no-staging-zone policy and an emergency community response plan.

Urged the board to join the amicus brief and bar ICE from using county property, calling it a moral issue regardless of immigration politics.

An immigration attorney and business owner said the detention center would harm farm worker families, local commerce, and due process, and asked for agenda items and a supportive vote.

A retired history teacher compared ICE operations to historical abuses and urged the board to join the amicus brief and refuse cooperation.

A Hollister mother asked the board to join Monterey, Santa Cruz and Hollister in blocking the facility and agendize the item for June 24 or 30.

Youth Alliance CEO detailed the facility's regional economic and family impacts and asked the county to join the amicus brief before the end of June.

Called the moment an opportunity for the board to stand up for constituents and urged action before residents learn of the facility.

A Hollister mother and organizer cited agricultural GDP impacts and urged joining the amicus brief alongside neighboring counties.

Asked the board to sign onto the lawsuit and led a silent youth delegation holding signs in support.

An 'angel mom' whose daughter died of fentanyl poisoning strongly supported the detention facility, calling it necessary for law and order and opposing the lawsuit.

A 14-year-old high school student presented county demographic statistics and asked the board to join the lawsuit, describing fears among her immigrant-classmate friends.

Cited sheriff data showing only one violent detainee transferred to ICE, urged joining the amicus brief before the deadline, and raised concerns about employee treatment under the CEO.

A 41-year agriculture veteran from the Aromas area urged joining the lawsuit, saying enforcement targets working people by appearance rather than criminals.

Traced her family's Irish immigrant roots in San Juan Bautista and urged joining the amicus brief before the end-of-June filing deadline.

A Hollister community advocate urged joining the amicus brief, saying the detention center next door will impact the whole community regardless of immigration views.

LULAC vice president asked the county to stand with immigrant farm worker families and join the amicus brief, describing community-wide fear.

With No Camps California, described detention conditions and urged the board not to support any new ICE camps.

Watsonville Law Center program manager and county native urged joining the amicus brief, recounting her family's farm work history here.