HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 01 2026 - Item 7.9 - Catharyn Schroeder1
Stefan Mercer
From:Catharyn Schroeder <cate.k.schroeder@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, May 31, 2026 11:39 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 Carol Marques; Council Member Kelly Ramirez
Subject:EXTERNAL - June 1 Agenda Item 7.9 – Support
Dear Mayor Bozzo, Mayor Pro Tempore Hilton, and City Councilmembers Bracco, Cline,
Fugazzi, Marques and Ramirez,
My name is Catharyn Schroeder, and I am writing to you to express my strong support for the proposed
resolution to oppose the
planned ICE facility just outside the City of Gilroy. Also, I 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. I personally worked as a
volunteer in Minneapolis during the ICE raids there, last winter. It was horrific, and nothing that any city
wants to endure. Your brave stand on this issue today will ensure our neighbors stay safe from the kind of
violence, harassment and oppression suffered by Minnesota residents. Simply put, City property should
be used for City purposes. With the threat of 2 proposed ICE facilities in the Bay Area, the surrounding
communities need strong leadership from city and county government officials to both oppose these
facilities and establish concrete protections. Any anti-immigrant agenda that threatens our
neighbors, destabilizes our communities and tears families apart should be opposed. I greatly
appreciate
your brave local leadership in taking a public stand, together with all of us who support immigrants, to
oppose any type of ICE facility in or near the City of Gilroy.
Thank you,
Catharyn Schroeder
NBCT M. Ed.
San Jose, Ca.
cate@sonic.net
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