Immigration enforcement

Criticized the city's sanctuary policies and groups like Grupo Defensa and CHIRLA, arguing they force immigration agents into the community and cited victims of crimes by undocumented immigrants.

Criticized the city's sanctuary policies and groups assisting immigrants, arguing they force ICE into the community and citing crime victims.

Criticized sanctuary city policies and discussed the case of an immigrant he argued committed removable offenses.

Criticized sanctuary city policies and cited a case involving an immigrant with criminal convictions.

Asked whether PPD booking data includes citizenship or country of origin and where that data is shared.

Questioned the value of signage, urged documentation of ICE actions going back further, and called on the city to join other cities in court.

Urged adoption of state model privacy policies, support for SB 1105 and AB 1337, and a moratorium on Flock cameras.

An LAUSD teacher from Northwest Pasadena described three families' deportations and witnessing an ICE abduction at the Home Depot.

A street vendor of 28 years whose family business was raided June 23; her mother was intimidated and she was threatened by an agent.

Asked the city to increase and immediately distribute immigration emergency fund resources and to end any PPD-ICE collaboration.

Said local police cooperate with ICE, citing the January 7 arrest of legal observer Jose Madera, and opposed the draft motion's observer certification provision.

A District 3 resident and legal observer said words are not enough, listing ICE operations since June 2025 and criticizing police perimeters around observers.

Said an ICE agent pulled up to his house and intimidated his wife, and accused the city of helping federal agents terrorize residents.

Described a January 7 ICE agent driving recklessly through her neighborhood and the arrest of Jose Madera at the police station.

Criticized city posture on immigration enforcement and questioned funding of immigrant-rights nonprofits; later criticized Insurance Commissioner Lara.

Argued illegal immigration is a crime and criticized sanctuary policies and rapid-response networks that confront ICE operations.