U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Several local businesses stayed closed, including Thrifty Beaches, Corazón Cafe and SLO Cider, but for the businesses that were open, many said they didn’t notice fewer customers on Friday.

On Friday, hundreds of students at San Luis Obispo High School walked out in the middle of their classes to protest federal immigration enforcement, waving signs and chanting “ICE out!”

At a crowded public meeting last night, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson defended his office’s policy of releasing certain county jail inmates into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The immigrant rights group 805 Undocufund is hosting volunteer training sessions across the Central Coast, covering topics like what to say if questioned by ICE agents and how to recognize them by their car.

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.

An immigrant rights group is reporting an unprecedented level of daily arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Central Coast region.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office will share data on the times they’ve released people into ICE Custody at a public meeting in January.

Protestors stood along Highway 1 near the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office December 21, holding signs and chanting slogans against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

More than 20 community members voiced their opinions this week at the Santa Maria City Council meeting, where council members were scheduled to consider forming an ad hoc committee on immigration. The council postponed discussion on the committee because one council member was absent.

The Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors are dedicating more money to support immigrants affected by the ICE raids and demanding more answers from the Department of Homeland Security.