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Stefan Mercer
From:Daisy Tinoco <daisy@sirenimmigrantrights.org>
Sent:Monday, June 1, 2026 12:46 PM
To:Public Comments
Cc: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 - Agenda Item 7.9--Support
Dear Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore, and City Councilmembers,
I am an attorney with SIREN, a nonprofit organization, as well as a Gilroy resident. 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.
As a Mexican American, this issue is of great importance to me as my community is directly impacted
and at risk. Immigrants make up the backbone of our Gilroy community and should not live in fear.
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 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,
Daisy Tinoco
Staff Attorney
Gilroy Resident
DAISY TINOCO
Staff Attorney
daisy@sirenimmigrantrights.org
1769 Park Ave., Suite 200 San Jose, CA 95126
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