Fresno has a Sheriff that wants to cooperate with ICE and make the streets safer. Yet the city and county have formed a group to make illegal aliens more comfortable. Which side are they on?
“The formation of a city and county immigrant affairs working group in Fresno is meant to address heightened anxiety related to enforcement actions taken before and during the Trump administration.
Fresno City Council Vice President Miguel Arias and former council colleague and newly elected Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez announced the working group’s formation on Monday, with the intention to “bring together key stakeholders to develop solutions focused on keeping families together, coordinating policy efforts, supporting education and outreach, and securing state funding to support this critical work,” according to a joint news release.”
Your tax dollars are going to help illegal aliens be comfortable and be safe from punishment for breaking the law. This is a lawless group—maybe ICE and DOJ will bring charges against them?
Fresno City-County immigrant affairs working group formed
Written by Gabriel Dillard, Business Journal, 2/10/25 https://thebusinessjournal.com/fresno-city-county-immigrant-affairs-working-group-formed/
The formation of a city and county immigrant affairs working group in Fresno is meant to address heightened anxiety related to enforcement actions taken before and during the Trump administration.
Fresno City Council Vice President Miguel Arias and former council colleague and newly elected Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez announced the working group’s formation on Monday, with the intention to “bring together key stakeholders to develop solutions focused on keeping families together, coordinating policy efforts, supporting education and outreach, and securing state funding to support this critical work,” according to a joint news release.
The Central Valley has been on heightened alert even before Trump took office, with Customs and Border Patrol operations in Kern County netting a reported 78 arrests and even more detainments in early January.
Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, the president has followed through on promises to begin mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Farm labor advocates and even some grower representatives have spoken out against the policies and enforcement actions, saying they profile Latino farmworkers indiscriminately and undermine the food supply.
Educational leaders are also speaking out on the potential impact to students
“As an immigrant who has personally experienced immigration raids in the Central Valley fields, I understand the fear and uncertainty that arises from the constant threat of deportation,” Arias said in a statement. “By fostering collaboration between the City and County, we can ensure that the same individuals who protected us from empty grocery shelves during a pandemic have the same level of support throughout our region and are not unjustly targeted or adversely affected by harmful policies.
