HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 01 2026 - Item 7.9 - Karen Boncher1
Stefan Mercer
From:Karen Boncher <boncherkaren@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 1, 2026 11:46 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,
Karen Boncher
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