HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 01 2026 - Item 7.9 - Gabriel Uribe1
Stefan Mercer
From:Gabriel Uribe <guribe10@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, May 31, 2026 11:46 PM
To:Public Comments; Mayor Greg Bozzo; Council Member Dion Bracco; Council Member
Tom Cline; Council Member Terence Fugazzi; Council Member Zachary Hilton; Council
Member Kelly Ramirez
Subject:EXTERNAL - Agenda Item 7.9 - Support
Dear Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore, and City Councilmembers,
I am a local community member and I strongly support the proposed resolution to oppose the possible
ICE facility in Gilroy. I also urge you to agendize a “No staging zone” policy for your next City Council
meeting on June 15 to provide concrete protections for the community by prohibiting the use of city
property for civil immigration enforcement. This simply means City property should be used for City
purposes.
Having an ICE detention center would put community members in harmsway, especially those with
darker skin complexion. As the child of immigrants, it is inhumane to detain people for committing civil
offenses. Immigrants, especially undocumented immigrants should not be hunted as if they were people
that don't deserve a change of a better life and who also contribute economically, culturally, and in
building supportive community.
With the threats of proposed ICE facilities in Gilroy and Dublin, the community needs strong leadership
from the City Council and City administration to both oppose those facilities and establish concrete
protections. Our City should oppose this possible detention facility because we must combat this anti-
immigrant agenda that destabilizes our communities and tears families apart. In this dire crisis, we
greatly appreciate your brave local leadership in taking a public stand, together with all our communiti es,
to oppose any detention facility in our City.
ICE facilities and increased immigration enforcement are bad for business. Businesses that Gilroy
counts on will be challenged and even shut down if they lose workers and customers due to fear and
detention.
A March 2026 report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute states that mass deportation could
reduce regional economic output by as much as $67 billion annually. We need to protect our people and
our economy.
That is why I am urging you to agendize a “No-Staging Zone” policy for June 15. City-owned or City-
controlled property, such as public parks and public parking lots, should not to be used as a staging
ground for immigration enforcement activity. Our tax-funded public property belongs to the people who
live here, not to the agents terrorizing them. Our tax dollars should strengthen schools, hospitals, and
safe neighborhoods - not tear our families apart. I do not want to see my Gilroy controlled by untrained,
armed ICE agents.
Gilroy should join the Cities of Campbell, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose, and VTA, as well as Santa
Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, San Francisco and Alameda Counties to adopt a “No Staging Zone” policy.
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It has been developed with thorough review by County Counsel and the City Attorneys, so you can be
assured that the policy has solid legal standing and minimizes risk.
As the City has been built by our diverse immigrant and farmworker communities, we must pass and
implement all protections to make our City truly safe from the harms of immigration enforcement. Thank
you for your courage in creating this powerful resolution to publicly oppose any immigration detention
facility in Gilroy and for your bold leadership in prioritizing the safety of our people.
Thank you,
Gabriel Uribe
Best regards,
Gabriel Uribe