HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 01 2026 - Item 7.9 - Loren Schaffzin1
Stefan Mercer
From:Loren Schaffzin <loren_schaffzin@hotmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 1, 2026 9:54 AM
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,
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. 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,
Loren Schaffzin
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