Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A conversation on how Santa Barbara can respond to the presence of federal immigration agents in the city led to a heated argument at Tuesday’s council meeting.

A Santa Barbara Police Department press release says that a man was arrested for vandalism after an ICE agent’s tire was slashed on Carrillo Street in Santa Barbara, near the parking lot where the arrest took place.

A candlelight vigil in San Luis Obispo brought together local nurses, lawmakers and community members on Saturday to remember Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse from Minneapolis who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents last month.

Federal immigration agents pepper-sprayed a woman in Santa Barbara's Eastside Wednesday morning, while in the process of detaining a woman near Carpinteria and Salinas Streets.

A Central Coast state lawmaker is urging US Senators to reject a major federal spending bill for Homeland Security, citing concerns about immigration enforcement and cuts to healthcare.

Across the Central Coast, people took to the streets and held vigils last weekend in reaction to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7.

According to the press release, the proposed ordinance would “bar federal immigration agents from entering non-public areas of SLO County property without a judicial warrant..."

A vigil was held in San Luis Obispo Thursday night to honor Renee Good who was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Dozens gathered downtown to mourn her death and to voice fear and anger over immigration enforcement nationwide.

California’s new laws requiring immigration officers to show identification and limit the use of masks are meant to increase transparency during the enforcement process. But questions remain about how those laws will be enforced.

Central Coast leaders and immigration advocates gathered outside the Santa Maria ICE facility Friday calling attention to what they describe as a sharp surge in immigration enforcement during the holiday week.