Santa Barbara Supervisors Pass Resolution Addressing Specter of Mass Deportations
“What we’re up against right now is fear,” says Supervisor Laura Capps.
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“What we’re up against right now is fear,” says Supervisor Laura Capps.
In the first Trump administration, California passed a “Sanctuary State” law that, with some exceptions, prohibited local law enforcement from automatically transferring people to federal immigration authorities. Now the state is readying legal challenges to thwart a second Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.
Some sectors, like agriculture, will be hit directly. Many more could feel the ripple effects.
Central Coast organizations and leaders work to ease fears over the immigration policy.
The president-elect’s border policies could hit trade, privacy, and immigrant families living in California.
Santa Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal says this latest executive order shows the president’s commitment to “fixing our broken immigration system” and keeping families together.
In Santa Barbara County, more than 2,000 people have received $2.8 million in assistance, including adults and children.
Ricardo Santana Velázquez paid a visit to City Hall and met with Santa Barbara residents to discuss consulate services available to the migrant community.
The newly bipartisan bill would protect military parents like Flores from deportation by giving them lawful permanent status.
From 2020 to 2021, the number of inmates picked up by ICE was cut by half, according to the latest Sheriff’s report.