Pro-immigrant resolution

Asked the council urgently to act on increased ICE enforcement, saying fear is keeping residents from hospitals and schools.

San Martín community services worker asked the council to act immediately on ICE enforcement, citing fear at courts, schools and parishes.

A counseling program manager described terrified families and children traumatized by detentions, urging the council to act.

A 20-year resident and human-rights coalition organizer asked the council to advance the pro-immigrant resolution and to listen to affected families.

Asked the council to prioritize and advance the pro-immigrant resolution now.

Executive director of the San Bernardino safety center and an immigrant business owner urged passage of the resolution so residents can live with dignity and without fear.

Cited SB 54 (California Values Act) and argued existing laws should simply be enforced to protect immigrants; called for the resolution.

Called the resolution an important step for safety and trust between immigrant families and the city.

A volunteer with CHIRLA from a mixed-status family, asked the council to approve the resolution to protect immigrant families.

A 38-year resident and CHIRLA member asked the council to advance the resolution.

Immigration rights director cited the June 2025 Home Depot raids that detained 33 workers and asked for a resolution on the December 2 agenda.

Asked the council to prioritize the pro-immigrant resolution and bring it forward as soon as possible.

A coalition organizer described daily ICE operations creating fear and family separations and asked the council to act.

Said her children fear attending school and activities due to ICE presence and asked the council to approve the resolution.

Represented families in deportation proceedings and vowed continued mobilization if the resolution isn't adopted.

Spoke via Zoom about children crying at school because parents were taken, and asked the council to support the resolution.

A San Bernardino Community Service Center worker said ICE enforcement near schools, hospitals, and courthouses is frightening families and asked the council to pass the community-developed resolution.

An immigration services worker said ICE raids near schools and courthouses are traumatizing children and urged the council to pass the resolution co-developed with community organizations.

Described her organization's rapid-response hotline for detention cases and the human toll of family separations, urging the council to bring the resolution forward.

A 20-year resident and CHIRLA member said the past months have been 'a nightmare' for the Hispanic community and asked the council to use its power to protect families.

A Sixth Ward resident and immigration services worker described fear and family separations in her community and urged the council to pass the resolution.

A CHIRLA member who said he was recently arrested by ICE asked the council to prioritize and pass the pro-immigrant resolution.

Executive director of San Bernardino Community Service Center urged the council to pass the resolution so every family can live 'with dignity and without fear.'

A CHIRLA member and US citizen argued existing laws like SB 54 (California Values Act) already protect immigrants and asked the city to apply them and advance the resolution.

A CHIRLA member asked the council to prioritize the resolution, noting that workers, students, and churchgoers are being swept up despite promises only criminals would be targeted.

A CHIRLA staffer asked the city to turn a year of collaboration into action by bringing the resolution forward as soon as possible.

Described raids causing fear, lost jobs, and children afraid to attend school, and asked the council to approve the resolution.

Said aggressive ICE operations are affecting families emotionally, socially, and economically, and asked the council to approve the community-built resolution.

A mother from a mixed-status family said her children fear going to school and asked the council to approve the resolution for the community's peace of mind.

A staff attorney with San Bernardino Community Service Center called the election a 'brown, Black, working-class wave' and urged passage of the resolution, warning the community would return and mobilize if not.

Speaking via Zoom in Spanish, she described children crying at school because parents have been detained and asked the council to support the resolution.

The Pomona Economic Opportunity Center's immigrant rights director reported 13 raids near the San Bernardino Home Depot since June 2025 with 33 workers detained, and asked for the resolution on the December 2 agenda.