Jan 22, 2026 City Council Special Session

[ EXECUTIVE SESSION At any time during the meeting, The City Council may recess into executive session in the C Room to consult with the City Attorney's Office (Texas Government Code Section 551.071) and deliberate or discuss any of the following:]

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>> MAYOR JONES: THE TIME IS NOW 1:37 P.M. AND THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE SPECIAL SESSION THAT I CALLED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY, FRANKLY, TO BALANCE PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC

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AGAIN, MY GOAL AS MAYOR IS TO BALANCE PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC SAFETY, TRYING TO BEST TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE WHILE NORMS AROUND US ARE QUICKLY CHANGING.

AS YOU WILL HEAR, SINCE TAKING OFFICE, I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH ICE AND A VARIETY OF FEDERAL ACTIAGENCIESTO UNDERSTAND THEIR ACTIVITIES.

WE MUST COMPLY AND WILL COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.

AS YOU WILL HEAR, THAT RESULTS IN VERY LITTLE LEEWAY WE HAVE AS A CITY WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES.

TODAY YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE CITY'S ONGOING EFFORTS, MANY DICTATED BY LAW AND WE'LL HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOU REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCES AND YOUR CONCERNS.

I DO TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. ERIK, OVER TO YOU FOR A STAFF PRESENTATION.

>> WALSH: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, THERE ARE THREE MAIN PARTS TO THIS PRESENTATION. ANDY WILL KICK US OFF AT THE BEGINNING, LAYING OUT THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER WHICH THE CITY AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATE RELATED TO THE COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.

GENERALLY AND FOR IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AN OVERVIEW OF THE TYPES OF INTERACTIONS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL HAS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THAT WILL BE COVERED BY CHIEF MCMANUS AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MARIA VILLAGOMEZ AND WE'LL

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ANDY WILL KICK US OFF ON THE PRESENTATION . >> SEGOVIA: THANK YOU, ERIK. CAN WE GET THE SLIDE PRESENTATION UP? ERIK JUST GAVE THE PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. WE'LL START WITH THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS WE HAVE IN TERMS OF COOPERATING WITH ICE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

THE PRIMARY STATUTE THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS A STATE LAW, WHICH IS SB 4, PASSED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 2017, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE ANTI-SANCTUARY CITIES BILL. FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT REQUIRES THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAPD TO COOPERATE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. THERE'S SOME SPECIFIC THINGS ALSO TIED TO THAT.

IT PROHIBITS US FROM ADOPTING ANY LAWS OR POLICIES THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE'S NO CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT "INTERFERE" MEANS. IN THE INTERACTION WE HAVE HAD WITH THE STATE, I WOULD SAY THAT'S A BROAD DEFINITION OF WHAT THE STATE HAS IN TERMS OF WHAT INTERFERING MEANS. IT FORBIDS US FROM HAVING ANY POLICY THAT PROHIBITS OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM ASKING ABOUT OR INQUIRING ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS.

AND, IN FACT, WE CHANGED OUR POLICY, OUR POLICE MANUAL BEFORE SB 4 CAME INTO EFFECT. BEFORE THAT, WE DID HAVE A POLICY IN WHICH SAPD WOULD NOT ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS. THE NEXT ONE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. IT REQUIRES NON-ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY EMPLOYEES TO ENFORCE SB 4. AND ENFORCE SB 4 RELATES TO ANY COMMENTS, OPINIONS, ET CETERA IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO COMPLY OR NOT COMPLYING WITH SB 4. CONSEQUENTLY WHEN YOU HEAR STAFF SPEAK TODAY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, IT'S GOING TO BE ALWAYS OVERLAID WITH THE STATEMENT OR WITH THE POLICY THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH SB 4.

IT DOES NOT, THOUGH, LIMIT ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT BUT I'M TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SB 4.

I WILL CAUTION THOUGH, GIVEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED RECENTLY, PARTICULARLY IN MINNESOTA, THAT DOESN'T -- SB 4 DOESN'T PROHIBIT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FROM EITHER STARTING INVESTIGATIONS OR FRANKLY ARRESTING PEOPLE WHO THEY FEEL ARE INTERFERING WITH ICE ACTIVITY. SO THERE'S THAT CAUTION THERE AS WELL.

I WILL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT WAS SUED UNDER SB 4 AND THAT WE CHALLENGED IN COURT SB 4, INITIALLY SUCCESSFULLY BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN IT GOT TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, SB 4 ESSENTIALLY WAS ENACTED. ONE VICTORY WE DID GET WAS THIS FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

NEXT THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS SB 4 THAT WAS PASSED IN 2023.

IT PROHIBITS ILLEGAL ENTRY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. IT ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES AN IMMIGRATION PROHIBITION AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT CREATED SOME OBLIGATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSPORTATION OR REMOVAL OF INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS INITIALLY ENJOINED BUT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT HAS UPHELD THAT INJUNCTION AND THERE'S A REHEARING SCHEDULED FOR THAT IN JANUARY. EMPHASIZING SB 4 IS THE MAIN STATUTE THAT GOVERNS OUR COOPERATION WITH ICE OFFICIALS AND THAT RIGHT NOW IT STANDS AS ORIGINALLY ENACTED AND WE ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH SB 4. LAST NOTE ON HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT EVEN WITH SB 4, THE CITY, SAPD HAS WORKED WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND IN FACT THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM ALWAYS EMPHASIZE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. IN TERMS OF WHAT ANY INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY INTERACTIONS WITH ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, WHETHER IT BE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL. THERE ARE STILL

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AND WE WORK WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND AS I SAY WITH SAPD IN INFORMING THE PUBLIC AS TO WHAT THOSE RIGHTS ARE. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF.

>> CHIEF: GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL. I HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY WITH SB 4. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT -- A LONG, PAINFUL HISTORY WITH SB 4 DATING BACK TO DECEMBER 23. I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO SB 4 ISSUES BUT I'M ALSO VERY SENSITIVE TO COMMUNITY SENTIMENT AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

SO LET ME START WITH SLIDE 4. SAPD WORKS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS THROUGH A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL TASK FORCE AND AREN'T LIMITED WHEN CRIMES CROSS CITY LINES. THOSE TASK FORCES CAN OPERATE NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO BUT THEY CAN GO TO NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA.

THEY CAN EVEN GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY, IF NECESSARY. AND THE PARTNERSHIPS LET US SHARE RESOURCES, INTELLIGENCE, AND FUNDING THAT SAPD ALONE WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE. THESE TASK FORCES ARE FOCUSED ON SERIOUS CRIMES LIKE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, FIREARMS TRAFFICKING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SMUGGLING, CHILD EXPLOITATION, AND THEY MAKE US MORE EFFECTIVE AND GIVE US A MUCH BROADER RANGE GOING OUT OF STATE, GOING OUT OF THE COUNTRY, IF NEED BE.

AND I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR. VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT SAPD DOES NOT ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS. WE SIMPLY DO NOT DO THAT.

IT IS ILLEGAL FOR US TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS. OUR ROLE IS PUBLIC SAFETY ALONE, NOT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SAPD'S INVOLVEMENT ON WHAT I'LL CALL THE SAN PEDRO INCIDENT OR WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE SAN PEDRO INCIDENT. SO BACK ON NOVEMBER 16 OF 2025 AT SAN PEDRO AND BASSE, THE FBI EXECUTED A FEDERAL NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT.

SAPD ASSISTED AT THE FBI'S REQUEST, IN A LIMITED SUPPORT ROLE.

WE PROVIDED SCENE SECURITY AND TASK FORCE ASSISTANCE. THAT OPERATION WAS LED AND CONTROLLED BY FBI. THE INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN AT THIS TIME AND IS STILL AN ACTIVE FEDERAL CASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE RANGE OF CRIMES COVERED ON SLIDE 4. SAPD PARTNERS DAILY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND CURRENTLY PARTICIPATES IN 18 MULTI-AGENCY TASK FORCES FOCUSED ON SERIOUS CRIME, NOT IMMIGRATION. SCALE OPERATIONS IS BASED ON RISK, INTELLIGENCE, AND LARGELY SUPPORTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS WITH OVER $7.3 MILLION AWARDED IN FY26. TASK FORCE OFFICERS ARE DEPUTIZED, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO GO OUT OF SAN ANTONIO JURISDICTION. AND ALLOWS THEM TO OPERATE WELL BEYOND SAN ANTONIO WHEN NEEDED. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SAN ANTONIO WORKS WITH FEDERAL PARTNER AGENCIES THROUGH TASK FORCES FOCUSED ON ORGANIZED CRIME AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THESE PARTNERSHIPS EXPAND OUR ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND INTELLIGENCE, HELPING US TARGET LARGE-SCALE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG LOCAL ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. THESE ARE NINE OF THE 18 TASK FORCES THAT WE HAVE. I'LL LEAVE THIS UP FOR A MINUTE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. AND THESE ARE THE REMAINING NINE TASK FORCES THAT SAPD IS INVOLVED IN. SO YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW SAPD OFFICERS ARE GOVERNED WHEN

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OFFICERS ON TASK FORCES REMAIN UNDER SAPD MANAGEMENT THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO THE TASK FORCE. I'VE HEARD QUESTIONS ASKING -- AND YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY OR WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HSI AND ICE.

HOMELAND SECURITY AND ICE. IMMIGRATION AND COUPLE OF CUSTOMSENFORCEMENT.

HSI HANDLES MAJOR TRANSACTIONAL CRIMES LIKE TRAFFICKING, CARTELS, AND FINANCIAL FRAUD WHILE ICE FOCUSES ON IMMIGRATION AND ENFORCEMENT REMOVALS AS WE KNOW . STATE LAW, UNDER SB 4, REQUIRES SAPD, UNDER PENALTY OF LAW, TO COORDINATE AND COOPERATE WITH DHS IN LIMITED AND DEFINED CIRCUMSTANCES. SUPPORTING FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS, SHARING INFORMATION ON TRAFFICKING, SMUGGLING, AND COORDINATING WITH ICE WHEN LEGALLY REQUIRED. SAPD'S ROLE IS COOPERATIVE AND NOT ENFORCEMENT DRIVEN.

>> VILLAGOMEZ: THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO FOCUS ON POLICE DATA AS IT RELATES TO IMMIGRATION. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T ACTIVELY TRACK DATA RELATED TO IMMIGRATION BUT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE DID A REVIEW OF ALL THE CALLS AND ALL THE REPORTS WRITTEN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ROUGHLY ABOUT 2.1 MILLION CALLS PER YEAR AND OUR OFFICERS ARE DISPATCHED TO ABOUT 1.8 MILLION CALLS PER YEAR. OF THOSE CALLS THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE WERE 66 THAT REFERENCED THE WORD IMMIGRATION AND 250 REPORTS THAT REFERENCED THE WORD "IMMIGRATION." CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS GO OVER EACH OF THE CATEGORIES IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OF THOSE 258 REPORTS THAT I MENTIONED. SO THAT 161, THERE WAS NO FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT.

THERE WAS NO FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT RELATED IN THESE ACTIVITIES.

THESE CALLS AND THE REPORTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED WHERE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS INDICATING THAT THEIR IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS WERE STOLEN, WHERE THE CALLER INDICATED THAT THE WORD "VICTIM," DUE TO THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS, VICTIM OF SCAM OR FRAUD. INDIVIDUALS THAT INDICATED THAT THERE WERE MADE THREATS TO THEM TO CALL IMMIGRATION TO REPORT THEM AS BEING IN VIOLATION OF IMMIGRATION LAW. THERE WAS A CRIMINAL REPORT WHERE THERE WAS A SUSPECT THAT WAS ALLEGED TO BE IN VIOLATION OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

AND ALSO REPORTS THAT SAPD WROTE RELATED TO DEMONSTRATIONS ABOUT IMMIGRATION WHERE THEY PARTICIPATE. THERE WERE 43 REPORTS RELATED TO ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. THE CHIEF JUST MENTIONED THE WORK THAT IS DONE WITH DIFFERENT TASK FORCES. AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE WORK RELATED TO NARCOTICS AND GAG-RELATED ACTIVITIES CONCURRENT WITH FEDERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, THERE WERE 43 REPORTS WRITTEN FOR THAT.

THERE WERE 30 REPORTS FOR STATE AND CITY CHARGES. THIS PARTICULAR REPORT INVOLVES WHERE THE POLICE DETAIN AND ARRESTED AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A STATE CHARGE OR A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION. AND IN THOSE CASES, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ALSO HAD AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT ISSUED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

LET ME JUST BE VERY CLEAR. THE ARRESTS MADE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NOT RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS. THE ARRESTS WERE MADE EITHER RELATED TO A STATE CHARGE OR A CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION. THERE WERE 15 REPORTS RELATED TO WANTED PERSONS AND THAT IS WHEN ICE CALLS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM KNOW THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THEIR CUSTODY THAT HAS AN ACTIVE STATE OR CITY WARRANT. THERE WAS ONE CASE WHERE SAPD IDENTIFIED AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD AN OUTSTANDING FEDERAL CRIMINAL WARRANT.

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THOSE INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN 2025 AND AS AN EXAMPLE WE HAD A CASE THAT HAPPENED IN QUINTANO ROAD IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025. THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT IMMIGRATION DETAINERS. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO COMPLY WITH IMMIGRATION DETAINERS. AN IMMIGRATION DETAINER IS A REQUEST FROM ICE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO NOTIFY ICE BEFORE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASES AN ARRESTED INDIVIDUAL.

IN 2025, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED MORE THAN 51,000 INDIVIDUALS.

AND OF THOSE, ICE ISSUED DETAINERS TO 111. NOW IN TERMS OF THE IMMIGRATION ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ARREST AN INDIVIDUAL ONLY ON THE BASIS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT. OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT AND OTHER WARRANTS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE IN THE SYSTEM. THE DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE POLICE OFFICERS IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ARREST SOMEBODY ON THE SOLE BASIS OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT AND THAT THEY SHOULD CONTACT ICE TO ADDRESS OR DETAIN THAT INDIVIDUAL AT THE SCENE. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK CHIEF MCMANUS TO COME BACK TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS RESOURCES TO DIFFERENT INSTANCES. >> CHIEF: THANK YOU, MARIA. SO AS I MENTIONED ON SLIDE 6, SAPD DEPLOYS RESOURCES BASED ON SCALE AND SCOPE OF EACH INCIDENT, WHETHER THEY'RE PLANNED OR UNPLANNED. RESPONSES MAY INVOLVE SAPD ALONE OR MULTIPLE AGENCIES AS SEEN IN RECENT LARGE-SCALE INCIDENTS. SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THOSE INCIDENTS ARE -- MARIA MENTIONED ONE ON QUINTANO ROAD IN JUNE OF -- THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE ON JUNE IN 2022 WHERE WE FOUND OVER 50 DECEASED PERSONS IN THE BACK OF A TRAILER. THEN THERE WAS A NARCOTIC AND GANG INVESTIGATION THAT WE WORKED ON IN THE 1000 BLOCK OF SAHARA IN 2004. IOS IN STONE OAK, JANUARY 22, 2005 WHERE THERE WERE MULTIPLE OFFICERS SHOT. ICE REQUESTS ARE LIMITED TO SECURITY IN UNIFORMED PRESENCE. WHEN THEY CALL US, WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THE DOOR WITH THEM. WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANYBODY IN HANDCUFFS, ALL WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING PERIMETER SECURITY AND SCENE SECURITY.

SO I THINK MARIA MENTIONED WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THERE WERE TWO REQUESTS, ONLY TWO, TO ASSIST ICE IN 2025. AND THOSE REQUESTS ARE RARE AND THEY'RE CASE-SPECIFIC. BECAUSE OF SB 4, SAPD IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO RESPOND AND ASSIST. AND THESE WERE LIMITED CONTROL DEPLOYMENTS.

MINIMAL PERSONNEL, NO ROUTINE INVOLVEMENT, AND NO ONGOING OPERATIONS.

IN CONCLUSION, WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE VERY, VERY SENSITIVE TO THEM. SAPD FOLLOWS TEXAS STATE LAW TO ASSIST FEDERAL AGENCIES WHEN REQUESTED. AND I WANT TO BE VERY, VERY CLEAR IN THIS.

I CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE IT. SAPD DOES NOT ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS.

WE DO NOT ARREST PEOPLE FOR IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BY LAW. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT JURISDICTION.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT SAN ANTONIO WITH COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, FAIRNESS, AND RESPECT. AND AGAIN TO OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE, WE ARE SENSITIVE TO YOUR CONCERNS AND WE ARE VERY, VERY AWARE OF THE FEAR OUT THERE AND WE CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: CHIEF MCMANUS, THANK YOU FOR

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CONVERSATION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY? >> SEGOVIA: THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. I THINK YOUR QUESTION RELATES TO THE USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS BY ICE TO EITHER ENTER RESIDENTIAL HOMES OR BUSINESSES AS BEING REPORTED IN SOME OF THE NATIONAL PRESS. APPARENTLY, ICE HAS AN INTERNAL MEMO THAT SUGGESTS THEY ARE USING SIMPLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT TO DO THAT.

PREVIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW HAS STATED THAT THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAT ARE AFFORDED. WE EXPECT THAT WILL BE CHALLENGED AT SOME POINT IN TIME BUT TO CLARIFY, YES. THAT IS AN INTERNAL MEMO. AGAIN, IT'S BEING REPORTED.

WE DON'T HAVE INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THAT BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REPORTED IN THE NATIONAL PRESS.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN GALVAN. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF. FOR THE NUMBER OF SAPD OFFICERS DISPATCHED TO ASSIST WITH IMMIGRATION-RELATED ISSUES, IS THAT STRICTLY PATROL OR IS IT A MULTITUDE OF UNITS, DISPATCH THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE ASSISTANCE THAT'S

REQUESTED? >> CHIEF: SO IF -- I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

SO THERE WAS A BUSINESS UP OFF OF 281 EARLIER -- WELL, LAST YEAR -- WHERE THEY WERE GOING IN TO SERVE SOME WARRANTS. ICE.

AND THEY ASKED FOR PERIMETER SECURITY FROM SAPD. WE PULLED THEM FROM TRAFFIC AND OTHER UNITS. WE DON'T PULL OFFICERS FROM THEIR PATROL DISTRICTS TO DO THAT. SO AND IF THERE'S INVESTIGATIONS THAT INVOLVE THE TASK FORCE OFFICERS, THEN THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE ANY PATROL OFFICERS EITHER.

VERY, VERY LITTLE IMPOSITION ON PATROL WHEN THEY ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.

>> GALVAN: PRIMARILY SO FAR IT'S BEEN TRAFFIC, NARCOTIC UNITS, ET CETERA.

>> CHIEF: I CAN'T HEAR YOU WITH THAT GOING. I'M SORRY.

>> GALVAN: YOU'RE GOOD. CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? OKAY.

SO IT WOULD BE TRAFFIC, POTENTIALLY. NARCOTICS TASK FORCE?

>> CHIEF: IT WAS ALSO SAFFE. IT WAS SAFFE OFFICERS AND A SERGEANT THAT WENT TO THAT BUSINESS FOR THAT SECURITY. SO OFF THE SLIDE, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THOSE REQUESTS FOR A RETAILER, THAT I MENTIONED, THREE SAPD PERSONNEL. TWO SAFFE AND ONE SERGEANT. NOBODY CAME OUT OF PATROL DISTRICTS TO HELP THAT EFFORT. AND ON 12-2-25, DHS REQUESTED SAPD AND EMS FOR A SUBJECT WHO WAS RESISTING ARREST.

SO WE SENT THREE SAPD OFFICERS THERE AS WELL PLUS THE MS.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU. I THINK ON SLIDE 17, THERE WAS A NOTE ABOUT SUPERVISORS DETERMINING WHO GETS TO GO OUT OR HOW MANY PEOPLE GO OUT.

WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR WITHIN THAT DETERMINATION? IS IT YOU?

IS IT A SERGEANT? IS IT CITY MANAGER? >> CHIEF: FOR WHAT?

>> GALVAN: I BELIEVE IT'S ON SLIDE 18. YEAH.

FOR ICE REQUESTS FOR RESOURCES FOR THE SCENE SECURITY.

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THAT SITUATION? >> CHIEF: WHEN THAT CALL COMES IN, IT MAY COME IN TO DISPATCH, THE DISPATCH NOTIFIES THE SUPERVISOR. WHATEVER SUPERVISOR RECEIVES THAT CALL WILL MAKE THAT ANALYSIS. AND IF IT'S NECESSARY TO GO UP THE CHAIN TO APPROVE IT, THEN THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AS WELL.

>> GALVAN: GOT IT. DO WE RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT WHAT THE REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IS? PERIMETER SUPPORT, YES, BUT

WHAT THE LARGER ACTION IS RELATED TO? >> CHIEF: I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. THE DRUMS. MY HEARING IS TERRIBLE AND I

CAN'T HEAR WITH THE DRUMS. >> GALVAN: YOU'RE GOOD. I WAS ASKING ABOUT FOR -- DO YOU RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION RELATED TOWARD THE ACTION AT HAND BEYOND JUST ASKING FOR

PERIMETER SUPPORT OR IS IT JUST SIMPLY THAT? >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ASSISTANT CHIEF. WE WILL SOMETIMES RECEIVE INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHAT IT IS AND HOW MANY FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT THERE. TYPICALLY, IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR A UNIFORM PRESENCE, WE WILL SEND A COUPLE OF OFFICERS. IF IT'S ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FOLKS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST IN THE UNIVERSE OF CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH A FEDERAL AGENCY OR THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ANYBODY, THAT DETERMINATION IS MADE BY THE FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR, THE SERGEANTS.

ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A LARGER IMPLICATION IN TERMS OF GOBBLING UP RESOURCES FOR AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME WILL GO UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

ANYTHING CONSIDERED HIGH PROFILE WILL RESULT IN COMMAND NOTIFICATION, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR AWARENESS AND APPROVAL.

>> GALVAN: OKAY. I THINK THE LAST TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE WAS IS ANY INFORMATION POSSIBLE TO BE SHARED ABOUT HOW MANY JUDICIAL WARRANTS VERSUS ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS OR HOW MANY WARRANTS ARE BEING REQUESTED?

>> THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY TRACK ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TASK FORCE OPERATIONS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SAPD OPERATIONS THAT OCCUR DAILY THAT ARE ALL KINDS OF DIFFEDIFFERENT WARRANTS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON ARRESTS WARRANT.

AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY FOR.

CRIMINAL WARRANTS IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON. >> GALVAN: OF COURSE I KNOW THIS IS STILL NEW NEWS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF. ARE THESE SAME PROCESSES GOING TO BE IN PLACE WITH THE NEXT CHIEF THAT WE'LL HAVE?

>> WALSH: YEAH, COUNCILMAN. I THINK WHAT THE CHIEF SAID UP HERE IS PROBABLY NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER MAJOR CITY POLICE CHIEF IS DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. AND SO OBVIOUSLY OUR POLICIES, THE ADHERENCE TO STATE LAW, THE INTERNAL PROTOCOLS, THE JOINT INVESTIGATIONS, THOSE ARE ALL CRITICAL THINGS OF ANY MAJOR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THOSE

CHANGING, REGARDLESS OF WHO THE CHIEF IS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR JONES:

COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE POLICE OR ANDY BUT REGARDING THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON 7-3-2025, WAS THE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED ON -- I KNOW WE WERE JUST THREE SAPD PERSONNEL AND TWO SAFFE OFFICERS AND ONE SERGEANT. WERE WE NOTIFIED ON WHAT SORT OF VEHICLES WERE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, HOW MANY PERSONNEL, THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WE WERE GOING TO HAVE OUT THERE, AND IF THE VEHICLES WERE MARKED OR NOT.

DID THEY PROVIDE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL? >> I'LL GET SOME MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION, COUNCIL MEMBER. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE -- A TASK FORCE OFFICER REQUESTED UNIFORMED SAPD PRESENCE.

AND SO WITH THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WAS SAID AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS REQUESTED

AND WHY, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.

AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS. ANDY, IN REGARDS TO SB 4, IF IT IS WITHIN SB 4 FOR OUR OFFICERS AND OUR TASK FORCE TO ASK IN TERMS OF MANPOWER AND MARKED VEHICLES AND EMPLOYEES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE, CAN WE DO THAT? IS THAT WITHIN OUR BANDWIDTH IF WE ARE GOING TO DEPLOY OUR SAPD PERSONNEL AND WE UNDERSTAND IT IS GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> SEGOVIA: WE CAN. >> MAYOR JONES: ANDY, GOING BACK TO THE LEGAL

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THAT? >> SEGOVIA: I'LL GIVE YOU THE LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I CAN GIVE IN PUBLIC, MAYOR. WE CAN PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT IN MORE DETAIL IN EXEC.

SUCH A PRACTICE WILL BE PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE WITH SB 4.

>> MAYOR JONES: AS A REMINDER FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS BEEN CHALLENGED UNDER SB 4. IS THAT CORRECT, ANDY?

>> SEGOVIA: THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT'S

BEEN SUED BY THE STATE UNDER SB 4. >> MAYOR JONES: WHO RAISED

THE COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE? >> SEGOVIA: AMONG OTHERS,

IT WAS THE POLICE UNION AT THE TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: WHO?

>> SEGOVIA: AMONG OTHERS, IT WAS THE POLICE UNION.

>> MAYOR JONES: EXCUSE ME. WE WILL HAVE A CIVIL DISCOURSE.

OKAY? WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE DURING THIS PRESENTATION BUT WE WILL NOT TOLERATE IN ANY WAY ANY THREATENING BEHAVIOR TOWARD ANYBODY UP HERE. CERTAINLY IN YOUR ACTIONS SITTING THERE OR IN YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE THIS BODY. THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU SIGNED UP, WE'LL CALL ON YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS. COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO.

>> CASTILLO: I HAD TWO INSTANCES WITH WHICH ICE REQUESTED FOR SAPD TO SUPPORT IN 2025. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE WINDOW OF NOTIFICATION? FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE 3RD AND THE 2ND. WAS IT A TWO-WEEK WINDOW, ONE-MONTH WINDOW? HOW CLOSE TO THE OPERATION IS SAPD NOTIFIED THAT THEY

ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE? >> YES, MA'AM. THE FIRST ONE WE WERE CALLED AND ASKED TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE. THE SECOND ONE, THAT CAME IN I BELIEVE THROUGH DISPATCH AND WE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.

THEY WERE IMMEDIATE RESPONSES. >> CASTILLO: MY SECOND QUESTION IS: WHEN ICE IS REQUESTING SAPD TO SUPPORT, IS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE OFFICERS BEING PULLED OFF OF THE

FIELD TO SUPPORT THIS OPERATION? >> NO, MA'AM.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: CHIEF, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.

SAN PEDRO WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WAS A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION THAT THEN

BECAME AN ICE RAID. IS THAT CORRECT? >> YEAH.

THE SAN PEDRO INCIDENT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. WE'LL CALL THAT A PLANNED EVENT AND THAT WAS A NARCOTICS SEARCH WARRANT. I KNOW WHAT THE REPORTS ARE SAYING AFTER BUT WE WERE NOT THERE FOR ANY TYPE OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

>> KAUR: I UNDERSTAND BUT MY QUESTION IS ARE THERE -- DO WE KNOW OF OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THAT LAST YEAR THAT STARTED OFF AS SOMETHING ELSE BUT TURNED

INTO AN IMMIGRATION INCIDENT? >> NO, MA'AM.

>> KAUR: THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN ALDERETE

GAVITO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY TIME FOR SAPD OVERTIME HOURS THAT ARE

SOLELY UTILIZED TO ASSIST WITH ICE REQUESTS? >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO,

MA'AM. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING CLARIFICATION ON THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES. THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK IS

GRANT MOODY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. PAUL JIMENEZ WILL YIELD HIS

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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUCOUNCIL . AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY. I HAVE SERVED IN THIS ROLE FOR THREE YEARS NOW AND FROM DAY ONE I HAVE BEEN CLEAR. PUBLIC SAFETY IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. MY COMMENTS HERE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY HIGH LEVEL BUT RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND RESPECT FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SAN ANTONIO. AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTIONS MATTER. WHEN WE ARE NOT THOUGHTFUL, WE RISK UNDERMINING PUBLIC TRUST AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SAN ANTONIO IS A SPECIAL PLACE. WHILE WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, WE STILL CARRY THE VALUES OF A SMALL TOWN. WE LOOK OUT AND SHOW UP FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND WE HAVE A CULTURE OF PATRIOTISM AS MILITARY CITY, USA. AND A CULTURE OF RESPECT THAT EXTENDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT UNDERMINING LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MICROMANAGING LAW ENFORCEMENT ULTIMATELY UNDERMINES PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THAT PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK.

ICE IS ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THERE SHOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ATTACKS ON THOSE WHO SERVE, WHETHER THEY WEAR THE UNIFORM OF SAPD, BCSO, THE FBI, ICE, OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.

>> MAYOR JONES: ORDER, ORDER. HEY, ORDER.

EVERYBODY WILL BE TREATED WITH RESPECT OR YOU'LL BE ESCORTED OUT.

>> MAYOR JONES: WE WILL RECESS FOR 15 MINUTES. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: GOOD AFTERNOON. IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE THEIR SEATS, WE'LL RECONVENE FROM THE RECESS.

QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS. QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS. GRANT MOODY.

BEFORE YOU START YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN, LET ME REITERATE TO OUR NEIGHBORS WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY SPEAKER, REGARDLESS OF THEIR VIEWPOINT ON THE SPECTRUM, IS TREATED WITH RESPECT AND THAT WE ACTUALLY HEAR THEM. SO WE WILL RECESS AS OFTEN AS WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS HEARD AND EVERYBODY IS TREATED WITH RESPECT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. THERE'S NO OTHER PURPOSE THAN THAT. PLEASE, I ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN CREATING THAT

ENVIRONMENT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER MOODY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AS I WAS SAYING, THERE SHOULD BE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THOSE -- FOR ATTACKS ON THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. NO ONE SHOULD BE THREATENED, HARASSED, OR HARMED FOR DOING THEIR JOB. LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST BE ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB SAFELY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE. OBSTRUCTING LAW ENFORCEMENT IS A CRIME. AND WHEN OFFICERS' LIVES ARE PUT IN DANGER, THEY HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THEIR FELLOW OFFICERS.

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OFFICERS ARE NOT POLICYMAKERS. THEY ARE HUSBANDS, WIVES, MOTHERS, FATHERS, SONS, AND DAUGHTERS. THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND

MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY -- >> MAYOR JONES: QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE.

QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE. >> LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THEY WANT TO GO HOME SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES TOO AND WE OWE THEM THAT.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS A CORE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND WE MUST NEVER PUT POLITICS ABOVE PUBLIC SAFETY. WHILE WE ARE A NATION THAT VALUES FREE SPEECH -- AND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, WE MUST DO SO PEACEFULLY AND LAWFULLY.

PROTEST IS PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. VIOLENCE AND OBSTRUCTION IS NOT. AND ANYONE WHO UNDERMINES LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES SO AT

THE PERIL OF OUR CITY. LET'S REMEMBER WHO WE ARE. >> MAYOR JONES: SIR.

ORDER IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE. >> RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW.

>> MAYOR JONES: SIR, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLUE SHIRT, SIR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SIT

DOWN. SIR. >> LET'S REMEMBER WHO WE ARE. RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW. RESPECT THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO SERVE AND PROTECT. TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH DECENCY. WE ARE STRONGER AND SAFER WHEN WE DO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

>> MAYOR JONES, MAYOR JONES, MAYOR JONES, MAYOR JONES. I AM REVEREND LYDIA HERNANDEZ, AN ORDAINED CLERGYWOMAN AND I WANTED TO CALL A POINT OF ORDER.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE UPSET. HE IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, MA'AM, AND HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK. THANK YOU . [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: ORDER! ORDER! ORDER! THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK. RON NIRENBERG.

ORDER! ORDER. >> MAYOR JONES: ALL RIGHT.

PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS. WE'LL RECONVENE AFTER THE RECESS.

RON NIRENBERG. AND THEN I'M GOING TO -- QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS,

PLEASE. QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS. >>

>> MAYOR JONES: NO, NO. I'M GOING TO CALL THE NEXT SEVERAL SPEAKERS UP.

FRANK ZAMORA. THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO APPROACH THE MICROPHONE ARE THOSE THAT ARE CALLED UP. GO AHEAD.

>> MAYOR JONES, CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. IT IS A RARE OCCASION THAT A COUNCIL DISCUSSION GENERATES THIS AMOUNT OF INTEREST. AND SO I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE THESE ARE MOMENTS THAT DEFINE OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY.

I BELIEVE THAT THE SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO LIVES IN THE TRUST THAT WE'VE BUILT AS A COMMUNITY. THAT TRUST IS FOUNDED IN THE COMPASSION WE HAVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S MAINTAINED BY THE DIGNITY WITH WHICH WE ACT AND IT'S TESTED BY OUR ABILITY TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG.

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[APPLAUSE] A FEAR OF IGNORANCE AND A FEAR OF EACH OTHER.

BUT IMMIGRATION ISN'T A THREAT TO US, IT'S A STRENGTH.

WHAT REALLY THREATENS OUR SAFETY IS UNCHECKED POWER. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS ABHORRENT. AN ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT ACTING AS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION BEING USED AS A TOOL FOR INTIMIDATION, ACCOUNTABLE TO ONLY ONE MAN.

AND WHEN THEY BYPASS THE COURTS TO HUNT OUR NEIGHBORS, IT DOESN'T CREATE SAFETY, IT CREATES CHAOS. IT IS UN-AMERICAN, IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC, AND IT IS WRONG. [APPLAUSE] WE CAN BE A COMMUNITY OF LAWS AND A COMMUNITY OF COMPASSION. THIS IS OUR TRADITION.

WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY OVER IMMIGRATION LAW BUT WE HAVE THE HUMAN OBLIGATION TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH DIGNITY. THIS IS OUR COLLECTIVE CALL AS LEADERS AND NEIGHBORS. WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND WHEN OUR LOCAL LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER, OUR SHARED RESOLVE CANNOT BE BROKEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

ELIJAH PANE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. IF IT'S POSSIBLE, NAOMI STEWART HAD TO LEAVE AND SHE GAVE HER TIME TO ME, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

>> MAYOR JONES: SHE HAS TO BE PRESENT TO GIVE THAT TIME TO YOU.

>> MY NAME IS FRANK ZAMORA. I'M A FORMER COSA AND FORMER STATE OF TEXAS EMPLOYEE AND TODAY I'M HERE BETWEEN SAPD AND ICE IN SAN ANTONIO. [APPLAUSE] WE ALL KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE. LAST NOVEMBER THIS COUNTRY VOTED FOR MASS DEPORTATION NOW BASED ON THE WELL-FUNDED LIE THAT MIGRANTS COMMIT CRIME AT A DANGEROUS OR HIGHER RATE THAN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DESPITE STATISTICS AND JOURNALISTS DEBUNKING IT, THE MIGRANT CRIME LIE STILL WON AT THE POLLS.

NOW I RECOGNIZE DEVELOPMENT THE TEMPTATION OF COOPERATION WITH ICE BUT THE REALITY IS THAT RED STATES ARE CALM BECAUSE OUR GOVERNORS HAVE MADE US WEAK.

WE HAVE ADOPTED THE UNTEXAN POLICY OF ROLL OVER AND LET IT HAPPEN AND WE HAVE GIVEN FREE REIGN TO AMATEUR THUGS WHO MAKE IT CLEAR THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF FOLLOWING THE LAW. LAST MAY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID IT WAS LOOKING AT SUSPENDING THE RIGHT OF HABEAS CORPUS. THE VICE PRESIDENT INFORMED ICE AGENTS THEY HAVE ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY AND YESTERDAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REVEALED THAT ICE AGENTS WERE SENT A MEMO TELLING THEM THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DISREGARD THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND ENTER HOMES WITHOUT WARRANTS.

IF THEY HAVE PLAINLY DECLARED THAT THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW THE LAW, WE CANNOT TREAT THEM AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

NOW, I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR POLICE REFORM. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A PD IN THIS NATION THAT IS PERFECT BUT OVER THE YEARS I HAVE SEEN THAT SAPD DOES HAVE A STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT ITS OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATED FOR BREAKING EITHER THE CODE OR THE LAW. WHILE THAT SYSTEM IS FAR FROM PERFECT, THERE IS A SYSTEM. SO WHY ARE WE ASKING THE TRAINED AND THE ACCOUNTABLE TO PROTECT THE UNTRAINED AND THE NEGLIGENT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ARACELY HERRERA. ELIJAH PANE, ARACELY HERRERA.

PLEASE LINE UP AFTER THE SPEAKER. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ELIJAH PANE.

I RESIDE IN DISTRICT 6. I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS A&M.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THEY ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE.

WILL LOCAL AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES RESPECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DETAIN OR AFTER HAVING DETAINED THEM? FOLLOWING THAT, HAS ICE

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LAW. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ARACELY HERRERA FOLLOWED BY ALBERTO PENA AND MARIA FIPPIN. PLEASE LINE UP.

>> SHE DID NOT HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. CAN YOU REPEAT, PLEASE?

>> TOTAL.

WE ARE AGAIN. THE POOR, THE WORKERS, THE PEOPLE WITHOUT A VOICE TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOU BECAUSE WE ARE THE HEART. WE ARE THE BASE OF THIS

SOCIETY. WE HAVE BUILT THIS CITY TOO. >> MAYOR JONES: MS. HERRERA, PLEASE ADDRESS THE DAIS. SPEAK TOWARD THE DAIS.

SPEAK TOWARD THE DAIS.

>> ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HAVING TO DEFEND OURSELVES FOR SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEFEND OURSELVES. THE WORKERS, THE ONES WHO CREATE THE RICHES OF THE CITY. WE ARE STILL SUFFERING THE ABUSES OF THE IMMIGRATION AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING THE SAME STRUGGLE WE'VE HAD FOR SO LONG.

WE ARE SUFFERING AND WE ARE RECEIVING PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO US, TO OUR OFFICES TO TELL US ABOUT THE ABUSES THEY'RE SUFFERING.

THIS IS A CITIZENRY, HAVING BEEN BORN HERE AND THEY ARE BEING TREATED AS THEY ARE NOT CITIZENS. AND THEY ARE BEING TREATED WORSE THAN IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THEY DISRESPECT OUR RIGHTS. IT IS UNFAIR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WE ARE SUFFERING. WE'RE NO RESPECT AND NO PITY.

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PLEASE. DON'T TRY TO FOOL US SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN YOU DO IT.

AS YOU PERMITTED ALL THIS MONEY TO BE SPENT ON THE SPORTS DISTRICT INSTEAD OF HELPING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO POOR. PEOPLE ARE STARVING TO DEATH IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS OF POVERTY.

THE PEOPLE LOST AND THE PEOPLE WHO WON ARE THE ONES WITH THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

DON'T TAKE US FOR FOOLS AND DO NOT LET THE POLICE FUNCTION AS AN IMMIGRATION TOOL. WE'RE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE.

WE'RE THE WORKERS AND IF WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, IF WE LEAVE THE COUNTRY, WHO'S GOING TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU? WHO IS GOING TO BUILD IT? BECAUSE YOU'RE DEPORTING THE WORKERS. WHO'S GOING TO PROTECT THE OLDER PEOPLE WHEN THEIR YOUNGER CARETAKERS ARE BEING DEPORTED? WHO'S GOING TO DO THE WORK THAT WE WHO DO THE MOST WORK FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHO'S GOING TO DO THIS WORK? WE'RE INDIGNANT.

WE'RE HERE IN LARGE NUMBERS. WE'RE DESPERATE. WE'RE FRUSTRATED.

THEY DO NOT HEAR OUR VOICES. BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO DEFEND YOUR PEOPLE.

TELL THE TRUTH. TELL US IF YOU'RE GOING TO PROTECT US OR NOT.

DON'T SPEAK AND NOT SAY PRECISELY THAT YOU WILL DEFEND US.

WE DESERVE JUSTICE. WE DESERVE BEING ABLE TO WORK AND LIVE CALMLY.

PEACEFULLY. WE DON'T WANT TO BE ATTACKED OR MURDERED.

JUST BECAUSE WE WENT OUT TO WORK. BECAUSE WE WENT TO CLEAN OR WE WENT TO PRODUCE SOMETHING. WE DESERVE DEFENSE.

THAT'S WHY WE VOTED FOR YOU. THAT'S WHY WE PUT YOU WHERE YOU ARE, SO YOU CAN DEFEND US. FOR THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE INDIGNANT, RAISING OUR VOICES, SCREAMING, YELLING. THERE'S NO JUSTICE FOR THE POOR PEOPLE. THERE'S NO JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK.

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PITY FOR THE IMMIGRANTS. PITY FOR THE WORKERS. DON'T TURN POLICE INTO ICE.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU.

ALBERTO PENA. >> I'LL MAKE THIS QUICK. ALBERT, PLEASE LINE UP.

>> GUYS, THERE'S 300 YEARS OF HISTORY HERE -- 300 YEARS OF HISTORY THAT APPARENTLY WE'RE FUCKING UP AGAIN, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY -- LOGISTICS AND INFORMATION -- WE CAN'T HELP I.C.E. AND WE CAN'T ENABLE THEM TO DO THIS. BECAUSE LET'S BE HONEST -- THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM UNTRAINED AND WALK AROUND WITH A GUN AND HAVE NOT HAD A MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING WHATSOEVER.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A LEVEL THREE SECURITY GUARD AND A LEVEL TWO SECURITY GUARD AND TO TAKE AN INVENTORY TEST OF YOUR MIND? NO.

ALL RIGHT, SO I VOTED FOR YOU, MAYOR ORTIZ, I VOTED FOR YOU. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE EXTREMELY SHARP. I THAN YOU'RE EXTREMELY WISE. PLEASE, USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BARRIERS OF INFORMATION ARE PUT UP. THEY SHOULD NOT KNOW WHERE WE ARE. THEY SHOULD NOT KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THEY SHOULD NOT KNOW ANYTHING. THERE MUST BE NO COOPERATION, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH -- EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT THERE IS NO I.C.E. ACTIVITY, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY THAT THERE'S NO COOPERATION -- THERE IS. IT'S IN THE FORM OF INTELLIGENCE.

IT'S IN THE FORM OF DATA. IT'S IN THE FORM OF THESE POINTS THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY EVERY SINGLE AGENCY.

AND HALF OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO WRITE AN E-MAIL PROPERLY. SO LET'S BE HONEST -- ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST THE FBI, ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST I.C.E.? ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS QUALIFIED THAN YOU? THAN YOU AND THEN YOU AND THEN AND YOU AND THEN YOU AND THEN YOU? PEOPLE WILL DIE. YOU WILL DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WILL. MINIMIZE THOSE DEATHS. MINIMIZE THE VIOLENCE.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.

>> MAYOR JONES: MARIA FIPPIN. MARIA FIPPIN. OKAY, BONNIE LOWRY AND NATALIE

YOU GOER SAYS. >> MY NAME IS DEAR WOMAN JAGUAR MAN.

I'M A TWO-SPIRIT MEDICINE PERSON LIVING IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY OF, AND I HAVE THE LINEAGE OF THE PEOPLES AND MY ANCESTRAL TERRITORY RUNS UP THROUGH TEXAS AND UP TO PEUBO TERRITORY AND NEW MEXICO. I GREW UP BEING TOLD BY MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER THAT WE'RE INDIAN, BUT, SHHH, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT SAFE.

MY ANCESTRAL MEDICINE PRACTICES -- HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD -- PASSED FROM MOTHER TO MOTHER, WERE GIFTED TO ME AND MY SISTERS. UNDER THE CLOAK OF CATHOLICISM BY OUR MOTHER FOR OUR PROTECTION. I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH, BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS A CHILD IN AN ERA WHERE NO MEXICAN SIGNS WERE EVERYWHERE, AND SPEAKING SPANISH AT SCHOOL EARNED YOU A BEATING FROM YOUR TEACHERS. FOR THOSE OF US WITH INDIGENOUS BLOOD FLOWING IN OUR VEINS, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF US WHO ARE SOUTHERN INDIGENOUS, IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GOVERNMENT WOULD ALIGN ITSELF WITH THE GENOCIDAL AGENDA OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AS CARRIED OUT BY OUR MODERN-DAY CONFEDERATE ARMY, AMERICAN GESTAPO THROUGH THE TARGETING AND KIDNAPPING OF OUR MIGRANT RELATIVES AND ANYONE WHO WOULD SUPPORT THE LIBERATION OF ALL PEOPLES. MY DAUGHTER CURRENTLY LIVES IN ST. PAUL AND WORKS IN MINNESOTA AND LIVES IN THE DAILY REALITY OF HAVING HER CLIENTS KIDNAPPED AT GUN POINT FROM THEIR HEALING SESSIONS. I'M NOT SPEAKING TO ANY OF YOU AS POLITICIANS. AS POLITICIANS YOUR PAR TIS PARD YOU WOULD WORK WITH THE POLICE AND TO KIDNAP AND IMPRISON BLACK AND NATIVE PEOPLE, SINCE THE CREATION OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT

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MY MOM GREW UP NEXT TO THEM AND THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY WHEN THINGS GOT UGLY AND FOCUSED ON HAPPIER THINGS IN POLITICS. THEY WERE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO TURNED THEIR HEADS AS THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE DRAGGED AWAY. YOU KNOW WHO WEREN'T NICE PEOPLE? RESISTANCE. YOU'RE THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO LEAD. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE -- THANK YOU.

>> WITH WHAT IS RIGHT. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

BONNIE LOWRY.

BONNIE LOWRY. OKAY. NIA GUTIERREZ.

MEG LUMES AND DEBORAH SHANE, YOU ARE NEXT. PLEASE LINE UP.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. AND THE COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THE PROGRAMS LIKE THE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE EXPANDED UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND IN MY VIEWPOINT, NOT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT TO BROADEN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND CONSOLIDATE FEDERAL POWER. ALTHOUGH I'M AWARE THAT OUR COUNTIES ARE THE ONES WHO SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS AND NOT SPECIFICALLY THE SPAD, AND PARTNERING POLICE WITH I.C.E. ERODES THE COMMUNITY TRUST AND LEADS TO RACIAL PROFILING AND CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSES. WHEN IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE AFRAID THAT ANY INTERACTION WITH POLICE COULD LEAD TO DETECTION OR DEPORTATION, THEY STOP REPORTING CRIMES AND STOP ASKING FOR HELP AND DISENGAGE ENTIRELY. [APPLAUSE] IF I.C.E.'S MISSION IS TRULY PUBLIC SAFETY, WE MUST ASK WHY ENFORCEMENT SO OFTEN TARGETS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND WHY IT'S CARRIED OUT WITH MASS OFFICERS' USE OF FORCE AND INTIMIDATION. IN TURN, THE CONDITIONS INSIDE OF THE I.C.E. DETENTION FACILITIES ARE WELL DOCUMENTED, OVERCROWDING AND UNSANITARY& CONDITIONS AND RECONTRADICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL NEEDS. THE FACT THAT THESE FACILITIES ACTIVELY BLOCK HUMAN RIGHTS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM DOCUMENTING THESE ABUSES SHOULD CONCERN US ALL.

I.C.E. DOES NOT JUST HARM IMMIGRANTS BUT VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS ALIKE, ALONG INSTILLING FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I WANT TO BRING TO THIS THE HUMAN IMPACT THAT THIS HAS BY NAMING ONE PERSON, LEKA DECORDIA, DETAINED HERE IN TEXAS. SHE HAS DESCRIBED SLEEPING ON CONCRETE AND BEEN DENIED FOOD AND BASIC RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS.

SHE WAS BORN UNDER OCCUPATION AND ENDURED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND HER CONTINUED DETENTION UNDER INHUMANE CONDITIONS IS UNJUST. THIS ISN'T SIMPLY ABOUT WHETHER SBAT AND WHETHER IT ALIGNS WITH THE COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THIS WHO WE WANT TO BE AND IS THIS THE FUTURE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT? MY ANSWER IS A RESOLUTE NO AND I

DEARLY HOPE THAT ALL OF YOURS IS TOO. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU.

MEG LUMES. MEG LUMES. OKAY.

DEBORAH SHANE. DEBORAH SHANE. OKAY.

MIKE EVERETT. BRANDON WATERMAN WILL FOLLOW. DEBORAH SHANE, GO AHEAD.

>> GREETINGS, MAYOR ORTIZ. I VOTED FOR YOU, AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO DO MORE.

WE ARE IN FOR A LONG HAUL. WE NEED TO START SUPPLYING, START STOCKING UP NOW.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING SPECIFIC. A MAYOR'S OFFICE -- I HAVE -- LET ME CLARIFY -- I TRIED FOR THREE MONTHS TO GET AHOLD OF YOUR OFFICE.

AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THREE CONTACTS AND THAT WAS IT IN THREE MONTHS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU, A MAYOR'S OFFICE EXISTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL WHEN THAT OFFICE CANNOT EVEN BE STAFFED TO RECEIVE INFORMATIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS, OR PERSONALITY. THIS IS ABOUT BASIC GOVERNANCE. WHEN A RESIDENT TAKES THE TIME TO CALL, WRITE OR SHOW UP, THEY DESERVE TO BE HEARD, DOCUMENTED AND RESPONDED TO.

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IT IS NOT. [APPLAUSE] LISTENING IS NOT A COURTESY, IT IS A DUTY. ACCOUNTABILITY BEGINS WITH AVAILABLITY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS SB4 AND 8 WITH THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. AND IT IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL LAW -- FEDERAL, ARTICLE 4. IT CONFLICTS WITH THE U.S.

CONSTITUTION. IT SUSPENDS HABEAS CORPUS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS DOCTRINE.

I AM A LAYMAN AND I CAN LOOK UP LAW THAT CONTRADICTS THESE BILLS.

[APPLAUSE] AND I FIND IT UNFATHOMABLE WITH ALL OF Y'ALL UP HERE, ESPECIALLY MS. SPEARS, WHERE IS MS. SPEARS? FATHER-IN-LAW AND I LEARNED MY LOVE OF THE LAW FROM HIM AND

JUDGE LEONARD AND JUDGE WOODS. >> MAYOR JONES:MA'AM YOUR TIME IS UP, YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. MIKE EVERETT.

[APPLAUSE] MIKE EVERETT AND BRANDON WATERMAN.

MIKE EVERETT? NO. OKAY.

BRANDON WATERMAN. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING SO HARD.

YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TELLING US HOW YOU HAVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THINGS AND IT MUST BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO NOT USE IT AND SIT THERE SILENTLY.

THANK YOU. I ATTEMPTED TO SEE IF ANY OF YOU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT I.C.E. AND ALL I SAW WERE RE-ELECT ME PAGES AND REDUNDANT RE-ELECT ME PAGES. STILL CONCERNED ABOUT POTHOLES.

BUT, FIRST OF ALL, THE HARDEST-WORKING PERSON IS WHOEVER MR. WHYTE IS TEXTING, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THE WORD LEGAL AND, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A LEGAL SYSTEM, WE DON'T HAVE A JUSTICE SYSTEM. [APPLAUSE] BUT I WANTED TO BE NOTED THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE REGIME THAT HAS NOT BEEN BUILT ON ROUTINE LOCAL POLICE WORK.

I WANT TO REPEAT THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT ITALY, GERMANY, AMERICA, THE BIG KING, NOT A SINGLE REGIME HAS BEEN BUILT WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION, GRANTED ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY LOCAL POLICE. EVERY REGIME, WHEN THEY'VE ANALYZED HOW THE POLICE INTERACTED WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION, YOU DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO REMOVE THEM BEFORE THEY BECAME COMPLIANT. NAZI GERMANY -- BEFORE IT TOOK OVER, UTILIZED LOCAL POLICE.

THEY PUT A LAW IN PLACE TO REMOVE ANYONE WHO DIDN'T ABIDE BY IT, UNNECESSARY.

DIDN'T NEED IT. THEY ALL ABIDED AND WERE COMPLICIT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE. AND I WANT TO MENTION REAL QUICK TO THE COMMISSIONER -- MEN IN SUITS PROTECT BOYS IN SUITS. AND AS A VETERAN, YOU'RE PATHETIC AND SHAMEFUL.

SO THANK YOU.

KATIE SCOTT. OKAY. ARIANA RODRIGUEZ.

SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY MATILDA MILLER AND MYLES LÓPEZ. >> KEITH PORTER, RENEE NICOLE GOOD AND HOSEA CASTRO RIVERA, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE KILLED BY I.C.E. THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. 2025 WAS I.C.E.'S DEADLIEST YEAR IN TWO DECADES.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT WORK WITH I.C.E. BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE DEATH AND HARM. IN THE CITY OF MINNESOTA, A 5-YEAR-OLD NAMED LIAM WAS TAKEN AFTER SCHOOL AND PLACED IN A DETENTION CENTER IN TEXAS. THERE WILL BE PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL WHO SAY WELL, LEGALLY, WE HAVE TO DO THIS OR THAT. LEGALITY DOES NOT EQUAL MORTALITY. ENSLAVING PEOPLE USED TO BE LEGAL.

IN 20 YEARS, WHEN YOUR KID ASK YOU WHAT YOU DID WHEN THEY CAME TO TOWN, WHAT WILL YOU SAY? IS THAT YOU WORKED WITH THEM AND YOU HELPED TO HIDE OUR NEIGHBORS AND HELPED THEM TO TERRORIZE OUR

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>> UM, ANA LAVALIY IS GIVING ME HER TIME AS WELL TO SPEAK. SHE'S RIGHT THERE.

ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR JONES: GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

>> OKAY. ANA LAVAILEY. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY, YOU HAVE

FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I.C.E. IS. I.C.E. IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATES UNDER THE LAW.

THEY ROUTINELY VIOLATE THE LAW AND ARE LITERALLY ENCOURAGED TO DO SO BY TRUMP AND HIS CABINET.

THEY DON'T EVEN ABIDE BY TRAFFIC LAWS. IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO THINKS THAT AN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHOULD EXIST -- I.C.E. IS NOT THAT.

I.C.E. DOES NOT ABIDE BY ANY SENSE OF MORALS OR REGARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.

I.C.E. DOES NOT -- OR I.C.E. IS STAFFED BY KNOWN WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

THIS IS NOT CONJECTURE, WE HAVE NAMES FROM D.H.S. WHISTLEBLOWERS.

AND I.C.E. IS EVERY SINGLE DAY VIOLATING PEOPLE'S RIGHTS BY DEMANDING PAPERS FOR SIMPLY BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE, THE WRONG RACE AT THE WRONG TIME. THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE SIMPLY FOR BEING IN THEIR VICINITY. THEY ARE DETAINING PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANTS, WHICH IS CALLED KIDNAPPING. AND THEY ARE STRAIGHT UP MURDERING PEOPLE IN THE STREETS WITH IMPUNITY. I.C.E. IS NOT GOING AFTER CRIMINALS, THEY ARE TAKING PEOPLE FROM THEIR SCHOOLS AND FROM THEIR LEGAL IMMIGRATION HEARINGS.

HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THESE SAN PEDRO INCIDENT, THEY HELD 140 PEOPLE AT A FOOD TRUCK PARK AND ONLY CHARGED TWO WITH ANY CRIME. I.C.E. IS THE TOOL THAT TRUMP IS USING TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO LOW THAT THEY WILL NOT SINK TO BECAUSE I.C.E. IS A CRIMINAL AND A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. DURING THE RECESS JUST NOW, WE HAD A GUY IN AN I.C.E. HAT THAT WAS LITERALLY TRYING TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE.

BUT WHO KNOWS IF HE EVEN WAS I.C.E. BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES LIKE EVERY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT CALLS ITSELF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU CANNOT PRETEND THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING COOPERATION WITH A LAWFUL FEDERAL AGENCY.

THERE IS NO EXECUTIVE ORDER, OR LEGISLATION THAT COULD BE PASSED THAT COULD COMPEL YOU TO COOPERATE WITH AL QAEDA AND I.C.E. AND DHS ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW.

AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THE LAW, YOU MUST TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEM OR BE COMPLICIT IN THEIR CRIMES. THEY SHOULD NOT GET ONE OUNCE OF COOPERATION.

I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR STANDING TOGETHER AGAINST THESE THUGS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. IT SHOULD NOT BE RANDOM PEOPLE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN DANGER TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS. IT SHOULD BE ALL OF YOU. I KNOW THAT THAT'S A SCARY IDEA -- I KNOW THAT IS WHY YOU'RE HAVING THIS SESSION AT 1:00 P.M. ON A WEEKDAY BECAUSE IT MAKES IT EASIER TO DO NOTHING IF YOU CAN SUPPRESS TURNOUT AND FEEL THAT FEWER PEOPLE CARE ABOUT. THIS BUT YOU CANNOT LET FEAR RULE YOU.

TRUST ME EYE KNOW THAT IT'S TERRIFYING. I'M TERRIFIED RIGHT NOW.

I.C.E. MIGHT BE TAKING DOWN THE NAMES OF SPEAKERS HERE. BUT YOU KNOW WHO IS MORE SCARED THAN ANY OF US? THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T HERE. THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE WORRIED THAT I.C.E. WILL KNOCK DOWN THEIR DOOR NEXT AND THEY WILL BE THE NEXT ONES SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE USED AS BAIT BY I.C.E. AGENTS CAMPED OUTSIDE OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEY OR THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE SHIPPED OFF TO AN I.C.E. YOU GO LOG LIKE 5-YEAR-OLD LIAM FROM MINNESOTA. WHERE MANY HAVE DIED, INCLUDING CAMPOS WHO WAS STRANGLED BY I.C.E.. THEY'RE BUILDING ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES WITHIN SAN ANTONIO LIMITS RIGHT NOW AND YOU COULD STOP THAT.

IN SPITE OF THE DANGER AND THE FEAR THAT THESE PEOPLE ENGENDER, I SEE FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY PUSHING BACK, PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY TO PROTECT THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY HAVE LESS POWER THAN YOU. YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, TO FOLLOW THE LAW, AND THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT REMAINS TRUE, EVEN WHEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT BREAK THE LAW AND FAIL IN THEIR DUTY AND TURN ON THE PEOPLE LIKE THEY ARE DOING NOW. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BACKBONE, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE JOB. SAPD SHOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH THESE PEOPLE AND THEY SHOULD PUT THEM IN HANDCUFFS WHEN THEY BREAK THE LAW LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO APPEASE THEM AND THEY'LL KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE. THEY DO NOT HONOR THEIR DEALS AND THEY WON'T SIMPLY LEAVE AFTER RIPPING OUT THE 65% OF THIS CITY THAT IS LATINO AND PUTTING THEM IN CAMPS AND THEY HAVE EVERY DISSENTER AND EVERY POOR PERSON AND EVERY DISABLED PERSON WHO CAN'T BE EXPLOITED FOR PROFIT IN THEIR CROSSHAIRS. WE WON'T BE SPARED BECAUSE THIS IS A RED STATE.

THEY WILL WORK UP TO YOU, AND N I.C.E. OFFICER COULD SHOOT YOU RIGHT NOW, MAYOR ORTIZ, AND THEY

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THIS CITY COULD LEAD AND BE THE FIRST TO PUT CUFFS ON THESE TERRORISTS.

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN SET THE EXAMPLE.

MYLES LÓPEZ. MYLES LÓPEZ. APRIL JONES.

CHERYL GONZALEZ. AND JURIEL WILL FOLLOW. SO PLEASE LINE UP.

>> HELLO, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COOPERATION WITH I.C.E.. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS BOTH MY CONCERN FOR THE CITY.

AND I.C.E. HAS DEMONSTRATED A PATTERN OF VIOLENCE AND EXCESSIVE FORCE AND A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS MEANT FEAR AND TRAUMA FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT COOPERATING WITH I.C.E.. INSTEAD, YOU SHOULD ALL BE DENOUNCING I.C.E. AND THEIR FEAR-BASED TACTICS, TELLING THEM TO LEAVE OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITIES ALONE. SPEAKING OUT AGAINST WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THE ABSOLUTE LEAST THAT YOU COULD DO. THEY'RE GOING INTO PRIVATE HOMES AND BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. PLACES THAT SHOULD BE A SANCTUARY FOR THOSE IN NEED. PLACES THAT YOU SHOULD BE DECLARING A SANCTUARY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO FEEL SAFE. WHEN WILL IT BE ENOUGH? WE DO NOT NEED EMPTY PLATITUDES, WE NEED ACTION. WE NEED TO HOLD I.C.E.

ACCOUNTABLE FOR TERRORIZING THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO WHO ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS.

TO EVERYONE HERE, IF YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR OR AN ADMINISTRATOR, YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR STUDENTS. ALL DOCTORS AND NURSES AND HOSPITAL STAFF NEED TO PROTECT YOUR PATIENTS. AND ALL RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHOULD PROTECT YOUR CONGREGATIONS.

EVERYONE LISTENING NEEDS TO CONTINUE STANDING UP, KEEP RECORDING, STAY EDUCATED, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, CHECK IN ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND DO NOT GIVE UP, AND DO NOT GIVE IN.

THANK YOU.

CHERYL GONZALEZ. YOU'RE APRIL. THANK YOU.

CHERYL GONZALEZ. OKAY. FOLLOWED BY JORDIELE PÉREZ AND

THEN JOHNNY RIVERS. THANK YOU. >> CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME RIGHT HERE? OKAY, AWESOME. CAN I GO AHEAD AND GO. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, RIGHT, AND I SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING TO COME OUT AND SPEAK. I'M ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT GO OUT IN MY COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT, BUT BE ABOUT IT. I'M BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND I WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE HIDING. I USED TO THINK THAT YOU HAD TO BE A CRIMINAL TO GO TO PRISON. BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ARE FACING RIGHT NOW.

BARRICADING THEMSELVES, SCARED, AND GOING WITHOUT EATING FOR TWO WEEKS.

HOW DO I KNOW THIS? BECAUSE I WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

I AM PART OF LULAC AND WE TALK AND I KNOW -- I GO OUT THERE IN MY COMMUNITY, AND THEY SPEAK TO ME AND THEY TELL ME THAT I'M SCARED. NOT ONLY AM I SPEAKING FOR MY COMMUNITY BUT SPEAKING FOR MY FAMILY TOO. AS A PERSON OF COLOR -- BROWN -- MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN HAVE CAME TO ME AND SAID WHAT ARE WE FACING NEXT.

ARE WE GOING TO BE DEPORTED AS CITIZENS? AND, GINA, YES, I'M TALKING TO YOU TOO, ALL RIGHT? REMEMBER THAT WE PUT YOU IN THESE SEATS.

AND WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. JUST LIKE WE PUT YOU THERE -- WE WILL VOTE YOU OUT.

THANK YOU.

JOHNNY RIVERED AND FOLLOWED BY RIOS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM A STUDENT AT UTSA AS WELL AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6. I AM ONE OF MANY COUNTLESS YOUNG ADULTS IN NOT ONLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT FEEL POWERLESS IN THIS DARK, HORRIFYING TIME. I COME TO SPEAK TODAY TO OFFER MY THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENCE OF I.C.E. IN OUR BELOVED CITY. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE RESPECT TO THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE VICIOUSLY STOLEN BY I.C.E. IN RECENT TIMES. SOMEBODY SAID THAT 2025 WAS I.C.E.'S DEADLIEST YEAR IN THE LAST 20 YEARS. SAN ANTONIO IS A CITY RICH IN LOVE AND CULTURE.

AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MOVE HERE AT 6 MONTHS OLD FROM THE PHILIPPINES WITH MY STRONG IMMIGRANT MOTHER WHO FOUGHT FOR HER CITIZENSHIP AND TO LIVE WITH AN AMAZING AND LOVING FAMILY.

NATIVE TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. [APPLAUSE] AS A YOUNG CHICANO FILIPINO WOMAN, I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS THE HORROR THAT I FEEL WHEN I READ THESE HEADLINES EVERY SINGLE MORNING. MY BLACK AND BROWN SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND MY IMMIGRANT

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CHILDREN IN SCHOOL ARRIVE EVERY DAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY LINGERING IN THEIR DEVELOPING MINDS THAT TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT THEY ARE KIDNAPPED FROM SCHOOL PREMISES BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR SIMPLY BEING FROM ELSEWHERE. TEENS GO TO SCHOOL, HAUNTED BY THE THOUGHT -- BY THEIR PARENTS POTENTIALLY BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, BY THE WRONG PEOPLE, IN THE WRONG UNIFORMS. IN REALITY, COUNCIL, IS THAT THE EVER GROWING LIST OF NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIED OR DISAPPEARED BY THE HANDS OF THESE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS HIDING BEHIND MASKS AND I.C.E. VESTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO READ OUR NAMES -- MY NAME -- MY PARENTS, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOUR NAMES.

OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE PILLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT AS OFFICIALS YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES PUST MUSTABIDE BY CERTAIN LAWS BUT IF THEY WANT TO DO THINGS IN THE RIGHT WAY, I SUGGEST THAT THEY DO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU.

PLEASE LINE UP. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. I AM A PROUD CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 1. AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF I.C.E. AND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN POLICE. FOR CONTEXT -- SAN ANTONIO IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE U.S.

WHERE HISPANICS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION. MINNESOTA, 7%.

SAN ANTONIO -- 64%. IF WE USE THAT AS A BAROMETER WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE EXPECTATION OF I.C.E. HERE IN OUR CITY IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES THAT DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECT THE HISPANIC COMMUNITIES WILL BE FELT HERE TENFOLD.

AND THE NARRATIVE.

THAT I.C.E. IS ONLY APPREHENDING THE WORST CRIMINALS. WE KNOW THAT TO BE UNTRUE.

TO ADD TO THAT, JUST GOING OFF OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S NO VERIFICATION FOR WHAT THEY'RE ASKING HELP WITH. I.C.E. -- THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT VERIFYING THESE DOCUMENTS, OR WHO THEY ARE GOING TO BE APPREHENDING.

HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO STAND TO DEFEND OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, OR TO JUST APPREHEND US AND HAND US OVER TO I.C.E.? IT IS THEIR JOB TO TAKE A STAND AND YOURS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN TAKE A STAND AGAINST I.C.E..

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT SAN ANTONIO WAS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT STOOD UP AGAINST SB-4, AND WHAT WAS THE, UM -- WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT? WE GOT FINED.

$300,000. TAKE THAT MONEY AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] USE IT AGAIN. IT'S JUST A FUND. NONE OF YOU WERE APPREHENDED AND NONE OF YOU WERE ARRESTED AND NONE HAD TO GO TO AN I.C.E. DETENTION CAMP.

I SAW A LOT OF ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT WHEN SOME OF YOU WERE ASKING US TO SUPPORT A NEW ARENA FOR THE SPURS. I DON'T SEE THAT ENTHUSIASM NOW WHEN WE NEED IT MOST.

VOTE TO SUPPORT A NEW ARENA. BUT NONE TO DEFEND US AGAINST I.C.E..

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SOPHIA RIOS.

RYAN WORST. NOAH COLLINS AND ROB SECAL. >> MY NAME IS SOPHIA RIOS AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT 1. I AM HERE TO EXPRESS CONCERN FOR I.C.E. IN OUR CITY.

WE URGE TO SPEAK AGAINST I.C.E. IN OUR HOME AND TAKE A STANCE ON THEM TO ENACT ON THEIR TERROR.

NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND KIDNAPPED BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SAN ANTONIO TOURISM WELCOMED VISITORS AND BOOSTING THE ECONOMY WITH $2.5 BILLION AND THAT WAS IN 2023. I KNOW HOW MONEY RUNS THINGS.

IT'S VITAL NOW TO ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO WORK UP A PLAN TO ADOPT A POLICY SIMILAR TO THE AUSTIN CITY FREEDOM POLICIES THAT GIVE PROJECTION TO OUR TARGETED MEMBERS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE SHOW UP FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TAKE ACTION TO OFFER SUPPORT DURING TIME TOO. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: RYAN WORST. RYAN. RYAN WORST.

FOLLOWED BY NOAH COLLINS AND ROB SECAL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. >> I'M NOAH. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU'RE NOAH.

NOAH AND THEN JAMES...

ORDER! ORDER!

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YOU'RE NOAH. OKAY, ORDER, ORDER. PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.

ORDER. NOAH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. FOLLOWED BY ROB SECAL AND JAMES JAMESON. PLEASE LINE UP. GO AHEAD.

>> I DON'T HAVE LIKE A SPEECH PREPARED OR ANYTHING. MY FIRST TIME DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN, YOU KNOW, THE MURDERS ON TELEVISION, THE KIDNAPPINGS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE COMPLETELY NOTHING. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE GETTING SHIPPED HERE TO TEXAS.

IN FACT, THEY'RE DYING HERE IN TEXAS. IT'S UNJUST, AND IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG, IT'S MORALLY CORRUPT. AND I.C.E. IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN CORRUPT.

AND I THINK THAT I ALSO SPEAK FOR PROBABLY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST I.C.E. AS WELL THAT THE POLICE ARE ALSO MORALLY CORRUPT. SO I THINK IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT TWO MORALLY CORRUPT AGENCIES WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.

IN FACT, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO GIVE THE COPS MORE MONEY IF THEY WORK WITH I.C.E..

THEY'RE ALREADY OVERFUNDED -- I'LL SPEAKING ABOUT THE POLICE HERE -- THEY'RE ALREADY OVER FUNDED. AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING AND PEOPLE ARE BEING MURDERED ON THE STREETS AND PEOPLE ARE DYING IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. I REALLY HOPE, GOD WILLING, THAT YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN MAYBE -- I DON'T KNOW -- COME TOGETHER AND MAKE SOMETHING OF THIS. BUT I'M ALSO NOT HOPEFUL OF THAT.

AND I LOOK OUT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE AND THAT'S WHERE MY HOPE IS.

IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY.

BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE SCARED.

YOU KNOW? EVEN PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IMMIGRANTS ARE SCARED.

I DELIVERED GROCERIES TO A FAMILY WHO ARE TERRIFIED TO GO OUTSIDE.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. PEOPLE SHOULD BE OKAY TO GO OUTSIDE AND BUY THEIR REALLY EXPENSIVE GROCERIES. GOD WILLING, THAT CAN ALSO GET FIXED.

BUT WE'RE SCARED. AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS -- BUT SOMETIMES THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS AREN'T GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, SO GO OUT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GO OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FIND SOLIDARITY HERE.

AND PEACE AND BEST... [INDISCERNIBLE] >> MAYOR JONES: ROB SECAL.

JAMES JAMESON. AND CHELSEA SANCHEZ, PLEASE LINE UP.

>> MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND LEADERS OF THE CITY AND I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY IS HERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED HIM IN THE YEARS TO COME. I WAS JUST TOLD BY OUR CITY MANAGER TO BE QUIET WHEN I ASKED HIM TO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE PERSON SPEAKING.

I WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE SITTING BEHIND OFFICER MCMANUS THAT YOU PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS VIOLENT, PUTTING ME IN SOME CATEGORY. THE GENTLEMEN WITH AN I.C.E. HAT TOLD ALL OF US THAT HE'D CALL I.C.E. TO OUR HOMES AND OFFICES AND ASKING FOR OUR NAME OUTSIDE OF THIS.

PLEASE TAKE A LEADERSHIP POSITION. MY SPEECH TODAY, MY NAME IS ROB, AND I ATTENDED EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO.

I LIVE HERE TODAY. I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND I'M AN INVESTOR IN THIS CITY.

MY STAKE IN SAN ANTONIO IS LOCAL, LONG TERM AND PERSONAL. I, LIKE MANY TEXANS, TAKE THE CONSTITUTION SERIOUSLY. NOT AS A SLOGAN, BUT AS LIMITS ON GOVERNMENTAL POWER.

THIS IS AS TEXAN AS IT CAN BE, Y'ALL. I'M HERE ABOUT AGENDA 1, AS MOST PEOPLE ARE, AND THE SAPD COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, SPECIFICALLY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT WHICH IS A FAR FETCH TO CALL THEM OFFICERS THE WAY THAT WE CALL OUR OFFICERS OFFICERS. WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY IS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT THAT INCREASINGLY DISREGARDS THAT PRINCIPLE -- PEOPLE ARE DETAINED WITHOUT JUDICIAL WARRANTS AND ARE SEIZED WITHOUT INDIVIDUAL PROBABLE CAUSE.

THIS IS A FACT. IT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN OUR FEDERAL COURTS.

THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES DUE PROCESS TO ALL, QUOTE/END QUOTE, PERSONS -- NOT CITIZENS -- PERSONS. AND THE FRAMERS EVERYONE THRBT DISTRIBUTE ABOUT WRITING THAT IN THE CONSTITUTION IN THAT WAY. BECAUSE IF ONE OF US DOESN'T HAVE DUE PROCESS, NONE OF US

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JAMES JAMESON. JAMES JAMESON.

AND CHELSEA SANCHEZ. FOLLOWED BY COURTNEY HEAD AND IAN LEWIS.

PLEASE LINE UP. >> MY NAME IS CHELSEA SANCHEZ AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT I.C.E. ARE SAYING THAT ONLY A PITIFUL FRACTION OF THOSE DETAINED HAVE ANY CRIMINAL RECORD, LET ALONE A VIOLENT ONE. BUT UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE BEEN DENIED THEIR FIRST AND FOURTH AND FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT AT THE HANDS OF I.C.E.. ALL PEOPLE IN THIS IT COUNTRY, REGARDLESS HOW THEY GOT HERE AND WHAT LANGUAGE THEY SPEAK, HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE SEARCH AND SEIZURE WITHOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT. STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND I.C.E. OPERATIONS. OKAY, WILL SAPD WILL UPHOLD OUR RIGHT? WILL THEY PROTECT THE LEGAL OBSERVERS AND NON-VIOLENT PROTESTERS AND HOLD I.C.E. ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAW? ENTERING THE U.S. ILLEGAL IS A MISDEMEANOR AND THE PENALTY IS A FINE, YET THOSE DETAINED BY I.C.E. FACE BARBARITY AND STARVATION AND RAPE AND MURDER IN CENTERS WHERE THE LAWMAKERS ARE REFUSED ACCESS TO VERIFY HUMANE CONDITIONS. SO I WANT TO ASK THE I.C.E. SUPPORTERS TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

ANNE FRANK WAS A CITIZEN BEFORE NAZI GERMANY DECIDED THAT SHE WASN'T AND VENN THEY HAD EVOKEDE CITIZENSHIP OF THOSE WHO DISAGREED. AND DEMONIZING A GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND THEN THEY MOVE TO THE NEXT GROUP.

AND SO REGARDLESS OF THE CITY'S DECISION, REGARDLESS OF STATE LAW, WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY INDIVIDUALS WHO COLLABORATE WITH I.C.E. ARE A DANGER TO OUR SAFETY, AND NOT HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT US. IF THE POLICE UNION CAN DEFEND OFFICERS THAT FEED OUR HOMELESS TURD SANDWICHES THEY CAN DEFEND THE OFFICERS WHO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COURTNEY HEAD. COURTNEY HEAD.

IAN LEWIS. COURTNEY -- OKAY. COURTNEY HEAD.

AND IAN LEWIS AND MACKENZIE WINTERS, PLEASE LINE UP. >> ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS COURTNEY HEAD AND I'M A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 1 AND A MOTHER AND ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I'M HERE -- I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE IS NO FACTUAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE LEVEL OF I.C.E. COOPERATION IN OUR CITY.

SAN ANTONIO HAS A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WITH AN ESTIMATED UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION OF 100,000. THAT IS ROUGHLY SEVEN IN 100 PEOPLE.

THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY, THIS IS NOT A SURGE, IT'S A LONG-STANDING STABLE POPULATION THAT IS A PART OF THIS CITY'S WORKFORCE, ECONOMY, AND THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

[APPLAUSE] TEXAS LAW -- TEXAS LAW DOES REQUIRE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COOPERATION. HOWEVER, THE TEXAS LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE CITIES TO EXCEED WHAT IS NECESSARY. IT REQUIRES CITIES TO PROACTIVELY -- IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE CITIES TO ASSIST OR COORDINATE OR VOLUNTEER LOCAL SOURCES BEYOND MINIMUM COMPLIANCE. WE NEED TO BE HONEST WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

MODERN ENFORCEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY DID NOT EVOLVE AS A PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM.

IT EXPANDED HISTORICALLY TO CONTROL WHO IS ALLOWED TO BELONG AND IT MAINTAIN A EUROPEAN WHITE POPULATION PROPORTION. [APPLAUSE] THAT CONTEXT -- THAT CONTEXT MATTERS BECAUSE OVER-ENFORCEMENT TODAY JUST DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETS THE SAME MINORITY COMMUNITIES. GIVEN THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN SAN ANTONIO, THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER THE CITY CAN COLLECT.

OVER-COMPLY. SAN ANTONIO IS NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED TO INITIATE CONTACT WITH I.C.E., IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY BEYOND MANDATED CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALL OF THOSE CHOICES HAVE PREDICTABLE OUTCOMES. WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF I.C.E.

THEY AVOID LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY AVOID CITY SERVICES AND THEY AVOID CIVIC LIFE AND IT MAKES EVERYONE LESS SAFE. I'M TELLING YOU PLAINLY THAT LAWS THAT PRESSURE CITIES TO OVER COMPLIANCE ARE BAD POLICY AND UNTIL THOSE LAWS CHANGE THE CITY STILL RETAINS THE

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>> MAYOR JONES: IAN LEWIS. [APPLAUSE] IAN LEWIS, FOLLOWED BY

MACKENZIE WINTERS AND WARREN COOMBS. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS IAN LEWIS AND I'M FROM DISTRICT 7. SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT COOPERATE WITH I.C.E..

WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN VIDEOS FROM ACROSS AMERICA WHERE I.C.E. TARGETS INDISCRIMINATELY -- BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC -- BUT ESPECIALLY ACCOSTING PEOPLE WITH ACCENTS WHO SPEAK SPANISH, WHO DON'T LOOK LIKE ME. SORRY, I'M NERVOUS. [APPLAUSE] THEY HAVE ATTACKED BYSTANDERS AND PROTESTERS, AND CAUSING ONE TO LOSE THEIR EYE PERMANENTLY.

SOMEONE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND THEY'VE MACED AND GASSED CHILDREN. THEY HAVE DRAGGED PREGNANT WOMEN AND THEY HAVE GONE AFTER THE SICK AND DISABLED AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOZENS OF DEATHS ALREADY WITH AT PRIEST TWO HOMICIDES. I HAVE A TEENAGED SISTER WHO IS HISPANIC AND I COULDN'T FATHOM HER BEING KIDNAPPED BY THESE PEOPLE. AND IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO HER, THERE WOULD BE HELL TO PAY. [APPLAUSE] THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN LAWLESS AND UNETHICAL AND THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED ULTRA-NATIONALIST WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEAS. AMERICAN SUPREMACY, DEFEND THE HOMELAND, WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN IS A SONG USED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUPS IN AMERICA.

COOPERATION MEANS SUPPORTING THESE ACTIONS AND IDEAS. AND WE DON'T WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR CITY, TO OUR LATINO COMMUNITY. I'M NOT AN IDIOT AND I UNDERSTAND THE LAW COMPELS US TO COOPERATE. BUT WE HAVE TO MINIMIZE IT.

WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE HERE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ANDY, PLEASE CLARIFY -- I KNOW YOUR PRESENTATION BUT IT MAY HAVE BEEN LOST. CLARIFY THAT ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN AT THE

REQUEST OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. >> THAT'S PROBABLY MORE A QUESTION FOR ERIK TO ANSWER,

MA'AM. >> YES, MA'AM. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR, LIKE YOU I'M A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEEN THEM PULL PEOPLE OUT OF CARS, HEARD THEIR CAMERAS RECORDING WHEN PEOPLE TOLD THEM, HEY, I HAVE IDENTIFICATION. I AM A CITIZEN AND TO BE TOLD, I DON'T CARE.

UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, I HADN'T OWNED A WEAPON FOR 30 YEARS. BUT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS FEAR, AND BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF WHO'S NEXT, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED TERRORISTS JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE BELIEVE, AND BECAUSE OF WHO WE LOVE.

AND SO WHEN THEY START VIOLATING OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO JUST BEING PRESENT -- BUT THAT IT IS CATALOGED.

I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD ACTUALLY ENFORCE OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND IF YOU DON'T, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALSO STAND ASIDE WHEN WE EXERCISE OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SO WARREN COOMBS AND THEN VOX ROSE AND THEN AUBREY REITMAN, PLEASE LINE UP.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS WARREN ROBERT COOMBS.

I LIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT I.C.E. OPERATIONS IN OUR FACILITY AND WHAT SAN ANTONIO SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ABSORB AND ENABLE OR NORMALIZE IN THESE WAYS.

ONE OF THE HUGE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IS OUR SAPD OFFICERS ARE TRAINED, 1300 HOURS AS ADVERTISED. I.C.E., MEANWHILE, THERE IS NO CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THEIR TRAINING IS AND WHAT IT IS ON, AND WE ARE SEEING MASSIVE -- EXCUSE ME -- MASSIVE ISSUES OF

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WHEN CITIZENS BECOME PREY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE COMING FORTH, SEEKING HELP. EVERYONE GETS MORE TENSE, AND IT BECOMES VIOLENT.

THEY BECOME ANGRY. THAT'S WHY SAN ANTONIO NEEDS BOUNDARIES.

WE NEED TRANSPARENCY. WE NEED -- THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE] HERE WE GO. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY.

WE NEED TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT I.C.E. IS DOING, WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH OUR SAPD OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS AREN'T BEING VIOLATED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE AND/OR FORM.

KILLED OR MAIMED. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: FOX ROSE. VOX ROSE, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY

REITMAN AND CHERYL ACHOA, PLEASE LINE UP. >> OKAY, SO THERE'S A SLIGHT RHETORIC PROBLEM WITH MY SPEECH, BUT I THINK MY MESSAGE STILL STANDS.

SO I'M GOING TO READ IT AS I WROTE IT, BUT I WROTE SAPD WORKING WITH I.C.E..

OKAY. SO I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED 287G AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, I.C.E., BECAUSE DPS AND THE PD AND THE OTHER AGENCIES WITH 287GS ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES AVAILABLE. BETWEEN THE STATE TROOPERS, CAMERAS AND ALA BALCONIES PD, IS MAKING THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO FEEL LIKE THE INSIDE OF A REAL LIFE PRISON FACILITY.

WITH ALL OF THESE TOOLS AVAILABLE AT I.C.E.'S DISPOSAL AND MORE, WHAT BENEFIT DOES WORKING WITH SAPD TRULY PROVIDE? EXCEPT FOR MORE MILITARIZATION AND MONEY.

IF IF SAPD IS ALLOWED TO WORK WITH I.C.E. WHAT PIECES OF TEXAS POLICY WILL BE GEARED TOWARDS KEEPING MARGINALIZED AND OPPRESSED PEOPLE SAFE? BECAUSE AS IT STANDS, TEXAS POLICY IS INTENT ON ENSURING THAT THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE, UM, THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO BE OPPRESSED AND PERSISTENT IN INSTILLING FEAR AND DISTRUST.

IF I.C.E. AND SAPD WORK TOGETHER, IT WILL ONLY HURT THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

IT'S INCENTIVIZED AND WORKING TOGETHER IS ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE DHS AND ENFORCEMENT A BIGGER BUDGET AND MORE ACCESS TO TOOLS, AGAIN, FOR WHAT? THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN TERRORIZING PEOPLE. THERE ARE NO STATISTICS SHOW THAT THESE AID COMMUNITY. AND GENTRIFICATION AND THE EXISTING AGREEMENTS HAVE LED TO THE DELIBERATE EROSION OF CULTURAL LIFE AND SYSTEMIC DISMANTLING OF THE TRADITIONS AND SPACES AND AUTONOMY OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR. IN THEIR PLACE IS PRIVATIZATION AND SURVEILLANCE. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING AND THE DIGNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REJECTING THIS AGREEMENT AND EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PRIORITIZE THE COMMUNITY-LED INITIATIVES.

>> MY NAME IS AUDREY REITMAN AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I DO HOPE THAT THIS CITY AND THE SAPD -- I HOPE THAT WE REALLY RECONSIDER AND CEASE IMMEDIATELY ALL COOPERATION WITH I.C.E..

AND, UM, I WILL LEAVE THE REST OF MY TIME FOR OTHER PEOPLE. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU WHAT IS ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF CITY HALL -- A MONUMENT STANDS AND IT SAYS "IN RECOGNITION OF THE HISPANIC IN TEXAS, WHO THROUGH THEIR PRIDE AND STRUGGLE HAVE KEPT ALIVE THE HEARTBEAT OF MEXICO TEXAS' MOTHERLAND AND IN DOING SO HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CULTURE AND CHARACTER OF THIS PROUD STATE." SO, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT.

FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN GONZALEZ AND JOSH MARSHLUITZ. >> HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS AND

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I RISE TODAY IN FIRM OPPOSITION TO AN EXPANSION OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN POLICE AND I.C.E..

LET'S NAME THIS HONESTLY. POLICIES LIKE THIS ARE NOT NEUTRAL.

THEY ARE BORN FROM FEAR AND FEAR WHEN WRITTEN INTO POLICY BECOMES HATRED TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THEY TELL IMMIGRANTS THAT THEIR PRESENCE IS A THREAT. THAT THEIR LIVES ARE DISPOSABLE.

AND THAT THE SAFETY IS NOT MEANT FOR THEM. SAN ANTONIO IS AN IMMIGRANT CITY AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. AND WE REPEAT NEVER FORGET THE ALAMO AS A SLOGAN OF PRIDE.

BUT MEMORY WITHOUT TRUTH IS EMPTY. AND WE REMEMBER THE LAWS AND YET FORGET THE HANDS THAT RAISED THEM. WE REMEMBER THE BATTLE, YET WE ERASE THE PEOPLE. MEXICAN AND INDIGENOUS AND IMMIGRANTS WHOSE LABOR, BLOOD AND SURVIVAL BUILT THIS CITY LONG BEFORE IT WAS GOVERNED IN CHAMBERS SUCH AS THIS ONE.

YOU CANNOT CELEBRATE SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY WHILE CRIMINALIZING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED IT.

WITH I.C.E., AND THE COMMUNITIES DO NOT BECOME SAFER, THEY BECOME SILENT.

VICTIMS STOP CALLING 911. WITNESSES STOP COMING FORWARD. AND PARENTS FEAR A TRAFFIC STOP MORE THAN THE CRIME ITSELF. THAT IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS IN ENFORCED FEAR.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENTS EXIST TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES. NOT TO POLICE IDENTITY, OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. BLURRING THAT LINE DESTROYS TRUST.

AND WITHOUT TRUST, THERE IS NO SAFETY, ONLY SUSPICION. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT

THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. >> MAY I SAY ONE THING.

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT ORIGINALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO, I CHOSE THIS CITY AND TO ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO SWORE AN OATH TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR SAN ANTONIO, I ASK YOU TO CHOOSE IT TODAY.

AND CHOOSE ITS PEOPLE AND CHOOSE ITS HISTORY AND CHOOSE ITS FUTURE.

THANK YOU.

GONZALEZ -- JONATHAN GONZALEZ -- AND FOLLOWED BY JOSH MARSHLUITZ AND THEN LAURA MARSHALL.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JONATHAN GONZALEZ AND I'M HERE BECAUSE, LIKE MANY, I AIM TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN SAPD AND I.C.E. IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS CITY. AND IT DOES NOTHING SHORT OF ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS. I.C.E. IS NOT DOING THIS, AND THEY ARE ON 211 AND RIP FAMILIES APART OUTSIDE OF IMMIGRATION AND REGARDLESS OF STATUS RULING. WE KNOW THAT I.C.E. IS ILLEGALLY KIDNAPPING INDIVIDUALS AND I.C.E. STILL HAS LEFT THOSE WHO LEFT TO EL SALVADOR THOUGH IT WAS TOLD TO CEASE BEFOREHAND. AND IN SAPD AND THIS COUNCIL MUST NOT BE FURTHER COMPLICIT.

WE HAVE SEEN PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PDS AND I.C.E., AND BALCONIES HEIGHT, A STRETCH ALONG 410 HAS A 287G AGREEMENT WITH ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTING AS I.C.E. AGENTS.

I WENT TO SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA, AND REMINDING FOLKS OF THE QUICKLY DIMINISHING RIGHTS AND THE SITUATION. MANY ARE SCARED TO ENTER THE TARGET PARKING LOT TO GO TO THE WONDERLAND MALL AND SOME AVOIDED ENTIRELY AND REMIND THEIR LOVED ONES TO DO THE SAME.

THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE BUSINESS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE PD WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE VALUABLE 911 CALLS AS INDIVIDUALS FEAR PLRGZ. I.C.E. IS ATTEMPTING TO USE THE ADMINISTRATION TO CIRCUMVENT LIBERTIES. I.C.E. WANTS TO ENTER HOUSES, SOMETHING WHICH HAS ALWAYS RELIED ON A JUDICIAL WARRANT. SO TELL ME, WILL YOU HAVE CHIEF MCMANUS TO HELP TO KICK OUR DOORS DOWN? THE ISSUE WITH FAILING LIBERTIES IS THAT HISTORICALLY THEY ARE ALWAYS MEANT WITH RESISTANCE. REGARDLESS OF THIS DECISION IT IS CLEAR THAT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY MUST ORGANIZE AND RESIST.

THE FACT THAT THIS EVEN REQUIRES A SPECIAL SESSION AND NOT AN IMMEDIATE STANCE BY OUR COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR SHOWS COMPLEXITY. NOBODY, INCLUDING THE BOYS IN BLUE WITH ALL OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW ARE COMING TO SAVE US.

MS. MAYOR ORTIZ -- >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.

YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. >> WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

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>> HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO GET SHOT BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHERE YOU STAND? HOW MANY CHILDREN NEED TO BE PEPPER SPRAYED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES BEFORE YOU DECIDE WHERE YOU STAND? HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE BEATEN AND DETAINED ILLEGALLY BEFORE YOU DECIDE? DO YOU ONLY DECIDE WHEN THEY COME FOR YOUR FAMILY? DO YOU ONLY DECIDE WHEN THEY COME FOR YOU OR YOUR FELLOW OFFICIALS? THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT IN I.C.E. DETENTION CENTERS. DO YOU EVEN TRULY KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THERE? HOW MANY NEED TO DIE AT THE HANDS OF I.C.E. BEFORE WE STAND UP AND WE SAY IT'S ENOUGH. TODAY IS THAT DAY. AS OFFICIALS OF THE LAW, WE THE PEOPLE TRUST YOU TO SERVE AND TO PROTECT US. WE TRUST YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY SAFE. TERRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE. AT ANY TIME, NIGHT AND DAY. POOR HELPLESS PEOPLE ARE DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES ARE TORN APART, MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN SEPARATED.

DOES THAT SOUND FAMILIAR? THAT IS A DIRECT QUOTE FROM ANNE FRANK'S DIARY.

DO YOU WANT TO SIDE WITH THE PEOPLE ENACTING THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR? THEIR ACTIONS ARE ILLEGAL, IMMORAL AND UNETHICAL.

THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO ARE ALONE IN THIS FIGHT. WE DO NOT HAVE TO BE.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO STAND WITH YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND TO SAY ENOUGH.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BE THE HEROES THAT WE TRUST YOU TO BE. WE KNOW THAT YOU BELIEVE IN JUSTICE, LAW AND MORALITY. PLEASE, DO NOT LET US DOWN. DO NOT GIVE INTO HOPELESSNESS.

DO NOT CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS. FIGHT FOR HONOR.

FIGHT FOR JUSTICE. AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FAMILY. AND FIGHT FOR OUR CITY.

BE THE HEROS THAT WE TRUST YOU TO BE. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: LAURA MARSHALL. FOLLOWED BY KATHRYN JONES AND

THEN LAURA RIOS RAMOS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS LAURA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7. FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MUTUAL AID EFFORTS, WORKING TO INFORM NEIGHBORS OF THEIR RIGHTS AS I.C.E.

ENFORCEMENT, SUSPICION AND FEAR ESCALATE IN OUR CITY. IN THE ONE YEAR SINCE TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ACCEPT MASKED FEDERAL AGENTS WHO WILL NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, RIPPING PEOPLE OUT OF CARS, FORCING PEOPLE TO PROVE THEIR CITIZENSHIP, DISREGARDING THEIR ANSWER. AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO ACCEPT THAT I.C.E. AGENTS WILL SHOW UP AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TAKE PARENTS. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ACCEPT THE VIOLENCE THAT PEOPLE LIKE TRUMP AND STEVEN MILLER ENCOURAGE. MULTIPLE PEOPLE DEAD IN THE DETENTION CENTERS. CONCLUDING RECENTLY IN EL PASO. AND IN ONE YEAR THE NEEDLE HAS MOVED SO DRAMATICALLY THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU IF YOU TOLD ME THIS TWO YEARS AGO THAT IS WHAT WE'D BE DEALING WITH NOW. THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

I.C.E. IS NOT OPERATING TRANSPARENTLY OR LAWFULLY OR RESPECTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THIS IS HOW AWE AUTHORITARIANIM TAKES CHARGE, EVEN IN AMERICA.

THEY WI VILIFY THE PEOPLE AND TN THEY GO TO BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP OR PEOPLE WHO SOUGHT ASYLUM. THE GOAL IS TO STRIP AWAY THE RIGHTS FROM THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND WORK YOUR WAY UP UNTIL THE CONSTITUTION NO LONGER APPLIES.

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING.

I AM CALLING ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO REFUSE COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. IN THE NAME OF PRESERVING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR ALL CITIZENS. I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE IS YOUR LINE? WHAT ARE Y'ALL GOING TO DO ABOUT THE RISE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THIS COUNTRY? DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH I.C.E.. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: KATHRYN JONES. CATHERINE JONES, FOLLOWED BY

LAURA RIOS RAMOS AND MARIA SOLIZ KENNEDY. >> I'M KATHERINE AND I'M A D2 RESIDENT AND USED TO BE A D7 RESIDENT. FIVE OF THE PEOPLE ON COUNCIL TOOK ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE SAME POLICE UNION THAT SUED THE CITY OVER SB4.

THAT'S AWKWARD, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF A BAD LOOK FOR Y'ALL.

[APPLAUSE] AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO.

WITH I.C.E. AND SAPD'S COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E.. YOU SHOULD NOT ESCALATE COLLABORATION WITH I.C.E. AND YOU SHOULD BE READY TO DEFEND THE COMMUNITY.

THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE DETAINED BY I.C.E., WHEN THEY ARE PLACED IN

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THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO TARGET LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT DO NOT PREEMPTIVELY COOPERATE WITH I.C.E. AND THEY MAY TRY TO WITHHOLD FUNDING FROM YOU AND THEY MAY TRY TO SUE Y'ALL AND THEY MAY TAKE AGAINST YOU LEGAL ACTION.

AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO READY TO FACE THOSE CONSEQUENCES AND COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE SELLING OUT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST TO SATISFY THE FASCISTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

RAMIREZ. LAURA RIOS RAMIREZ. OKAY.

MARIA SOLIZ KENNEDY. MARIA SOLIZ KENNEDY AND ANTHONY LUCCIO.

AND ANTHONY LUCIO. OKAY. AND CLAIRE LEWIS.

CLAIRE LEWIS. AMADOR SALAZAR. AMADOR SALAZAR.

OKAY. FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ AND ANGEL HINOJOSA.

>> ROCHA GARCIA:I'M A DISTRICT 1 RESIDENT AND I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA AND I VOTE. I WILL JUST START BY SAYING THAT, I THINK THAT IT'S NICE THAT CITY COUNCIL FINALLY PLUGGED IN THEIR CONTROLLER AND DECIDED TO HAVE A BRIEFING -- I FEEL THAT COULD HAVE MAYBE HAPPENED A YEAR AGO. SO MY HAT DOES NOT GO OFF TO YOU. BUT OUR ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN ON COURT WATCHING AND WHERE THE FAMILIES GOING THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS ARE.

DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. AND WE HAVE ALSO ENGAGED IN KNOW YOUR RIGHTS BUSINESS CANVASSES, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPLY SMALL BUSINESSES WITH SOME DOCUMENTATION AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE IF I.C.E. DECIDES TO ENTER THEIR PREMISES.

AND WE HAVE ALSO DONE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS COMMUNITY WALKS AND THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AND TO KNOW THAT AN I.C.E. WARRANT DOES NOT MEAN OPEN YOUR DOOR.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT MINNESOTA, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT ANY OF YOUR RIGHTS ACTUALLY MATTER.

SO YOU ARE ALL IN THE UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION OF TRYING TO THINK OF CREATIVE WAYS TO HOLD THE LINE. SO, PLEASE DO THAT. I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE BARE MINIMUM AT THIS POINT. AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF SAISD AND THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC EDUCATION BUDGET AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

THE BUDGET -- FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BEING TAKEN DOWN, AND IT'S BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL. IF YOU DON'T ATTEND YOUR SCHOOL, THEN THE SCHOOL LOSES MONEY, AND IT'S A COMPOUNDING EFFECT. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND ALSO.

[APPLAUSE] LOOK, GUYS, FREE PALESTINE. GO, SPURS, GO.

>> THANK YOU, SHE IS YIELDING HER TIME. >> SHE IS RIGHT HERE.

>> GUTERRES IS YIELDING. THANK YOU, TERESA. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE FOUR

MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I AM ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ AND I'M A TEACHER AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3 AND SERVE AS THE BROUGHT PERIOD OF THE SAN ANTONIO ALLIANCE OF TEACHERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. WE ARE THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN SAN ANTONIO ISD AND WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH BOTH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. THE TWO LARGEST EDUCATION UNIONS IN THE COUNTRY. AND IT IS UNION EDUCATORS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ATTACKS ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WHAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY WITNESSED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IN MINNESOTA AND MINNEAPOLIS IS A CLEAR ESCALATION OF THE VIOLENCE THAT I.C.E. HAS BEEN PERPETUATING WITH BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. IT'S CLEAR THEY ARE RACIALLY PROFILING AND DETAINING U.S. CITIZENS. SOMEONE MENTIONED LIAM EARLIER, THE BEAUTIFUL 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD WHO WAS DETAINED BY I.C.E. IN MINNESOTA AND HAS NOW BEEN TRANSPORTED TO TEXAS. IT'S ALSO BEEN REPORTED THAT HE WAS USED AS BAIT TO LURE HIS --

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AND PROTECTING OUR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FAMILY WAS NUMBER ONE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO DO. WE'RE DOING COMMUNITY WALKS WITH OUR COALITION PARTNERS AND DISTRIBUTING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS DOOR HANGERS AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION FOR THE FRONT OFFICES OF OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE HAVE.

CAMPUSES. OUR UNION IS PROUD TO BE A FOUNDING MEMBER OF SA STANDS AND OUR RIGHTS COALITION, BECAUSE KNOW THAT THE LIFE BLOOD OF OUR LABOR MOVEMENT IS SOLIDARITY.

AND SO TODAY WE'RE HERE, YES, TO HEAR YOU TO ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS AND TO HOPEFULLY GET IMPORTANT ANSWERS BUT WE'RE HERE TO SAY CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT WE NEED MORE.

WE NEED MORE FROM YOU, OUR ELECTED LOCAL LEADERS. MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ANGEL HINOJOSA. AND FOLLOWED BY SADIA MYERS AND

THEN MIA CARRIER. >> I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE TERROR AND THE ABUSE INFLICTED BY I.C.E. AND HEAVY POLICE FORCE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE NATION. I AM A MOTHER AND AN ART TEACHER, AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE EFFECTS THAT THIS HAS HAD ON OUR YOUTH.

KIDS ARE HAVING PANIC ATTACKS IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND ALL I CAN DO IS TO CONSOLE THEM THROUGH ART AND REMIND THEM IN MY CLASSROOM THAT THERE'S A SAFE SPACE. LOOK AT WHAT THE YOUTH ARE DOING. THEY'RE WALKING OUT OF CLASS AND INTERRUPTING THEIR EDUCATION AND TIME OF INNOCENCE TO SPEAK UP AGAINST THE INJUSTICES. I'M SO PROUD OF THEM, AND IF THEY CAN DO IT, SO CAN WE. AND I URGE THE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP AND TO SPEAK UP, BECAUSE OUR VOICES MATTER. AND WE ARE STRONGER IN NUMBERS. STAY VIGILANT.

TO MY STUDENTS AT SACA, I LOVE YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE MESSAGE.

ANHIL IS MY HUSBAND AND THESE ARE HIS WORDS. IF THE BLOOD OF THE IS ISN'T IS SPILLED ON THE STREETS BECAUSE OF THIS FASCIST REGIME, THEN THAT WILL BE THE STAIN ON YOUR HANDS. AND THE PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SADIYA MITCHELL MORALES AND KAYLA MIRANDA.

>> I'M SAIDA, I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE PROUD DAUGHTER OF HARD-WORKING IMMIGRANTS. A FORMER PUBLIC SCHOOLTEACHER OF EIGHT YEARS, AND A LATINA MOTHER TO TWO BEAUTIFUL BOYS. EVERY MORNING I, LIKE SO MANY OTHER PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN OUR CITY, DRIVE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. THESE DAYS WHILE I MAY BE SMILING ON THE OUTSIDE FOR MY KIDS, ON THE INSIDE, I AM TERRIFIED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE BROWN SKIN, SPEAK BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND OFTEN PROUDLY WEAR CLOTHES REPRESENTING MY MEXICAN AND MY HONDURAN HERITAGES. EVERY DAY WE'RE SEEING REPORTS OF I.C.E. AGENTS TARGETING PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

THEY ARE GRABBING PEOPLE FIRST, AND ASKING QUESTIONS LATER. AND NOWHERE IS SAFE -- NOT EVEN CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT ALL CHILDREN IN THIS CITY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL REGULARLY SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN.

SADLY, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND FROM THE FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS THAT WE WORK WITH HOW IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS NEAR HOMES, SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ROUTES UNDERMINE THE STUDENT LEARNING, DESTABILIZE THE FAMILIES AND CREATE A CULTURE OF FEAR THAT HARMS ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. WHEN FAMILIES ARE PLAGUED BY FEAR OF I.C.E. ACTIONS ON THE WAY TO AND FROM SCHOOL, MANY FAMILIES MAY CHOOSE TO KEEP THEIR KIDS SAFE AT HOME OR WITHDRAWAL THEM FROM SCHOOL COMPLETELY. NOT ONLY NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THEIR LEARNING, BUT HARMING THEIR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS WELL.

IN SHORT, INCREASED I.C.E. ACTIVITY WILL ONLY WORSEN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND DECREASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR ALREADY MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS.

I REGISTER YOU TO PRIORITIZE THE STUDENT AND FAMILY SAFETY BY ENSURING THAT I.C.E. ACTIVITY DOES NOT DISRUPT MORNING OR EVENING SCHOOL COMMUTES. I ALSO ASK THAT YOU COORDINATE WITH ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL -- PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES, BOTH ISD AND CHARTER, TO SHARE TIMELY INFORMATION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THAT THE STAFF CAN -- STAFF CAN RESPOND

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>> MAYOR JONES: MYRA CARRIER AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ANTHONY LUCCIO AND THEN KAYLA MIRANDA.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JONES AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT MY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. MY STUDENTS AND MY SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO BE HERE BUT COULD NOT. I'M A PROUD FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN-AMERICAN AND THE DAUGHTER OF A SINGLE MEXICAN MOTHER WHO RISKED HER LIFE IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR HER DAUGHTERS. AS A CHILD, I CARRIED RESPONSIBILITIES NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO CARRY. I TRANSLATED FOR MY MOTHER AT MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, ADVOCATED FOR HER AND MYSELF IN POLICE MATTERS AND NAVIGATED SYSTEMS THAT WERE NEVER BUILT FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE, WHILE ALSO HELPING TO RAISE MY LITTLE SISTER.

OUR CHILDREN ARE ALREADY CARRYING ENOUGH. AND NOW MANY OF THEM SIT IN CLASSROOMS AND TERRIFIED AND WONDERING IF THEIR PARENTS WILL STILL BE HERE WHEN THEY GET HOME. I'M A UNITED STATES VETERAN AND FOR 10 YEARS I WORE A UNIFORM AND I SERVED THIS COUNTRY. AND LIKE MANY VETERANS I HAVE LOST FRIENDS, NOT ONLY DURING WARTIME BUT ALSO COMING HOME AND FRIENDS LOST TO MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES, AND TO SUICIDE AFTER FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY! SO WHEN I SEE WOMEN AND MEN, PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT FOR WHO LOOKED LIKE MY FAMILY AND BEING ABDUCTED IN THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO, OR WORSE, LIKE WHAT WE WITNESSED IN MINNESOTA, I HAVE TO ASK -- ARE WE NEXT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? MAYOR JONES, I SPEAK TO YOU DIRECTLY, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALSO A VETERAN. YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICE IS.

YOU UNDERSTAND SACRIFICE. AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO PROTECT PEOPLE.

AND NOT JUST WITH WORDS, LIKE OTHERS, BUT BY ACTION. PLEASE PROTECT OUR FAMILIES, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, AND PROTECT YOUR DISTRICTS. AND LEAN ON EACH OTHER TO TAKE CARE OF US AS A WHOLE. AND TO THE COMMUNITY LISTENING TODAY, IF YOU GREW UP LIKE ME, YOU KNOW THIS FEAR. YOU KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A CHILD TRANSLATING ADULT PAIN. YOU KNOW THE ANXIETY OF SYSTEMS THAT SEE YOU AS A PROBLEM INSTEAD OF A PERSON. SO I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MANY FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE OF FEELING SAFE. AND THEY ALREADY ARE BEING TARGETED, WATCHED AND QUESTIONED AND FEARED. THEIR CHILDREN ARE CARRYING ANXIETY INTO CLASSROOMS AND THEIR PARENTS LEAVE HOME UNSURE OF THEIR RETURN AND NO AMOUNT OF DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT WILL PROTECT THEM FROM THAT FEAR. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ANTHONY LUCCIO AND FOLLOWED BY KAYLA MIRANDA

AND THEN ELISA PÉREZ. >> I AM ANTHONY LUCCIO AND BEEN A RESIDENT FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS HERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT -- THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING ALONG WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IS NOT A NEW THING.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT BECOME COMES TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. BUT WHAT IS NEW ARE THE TACTICS PUT IN PLACE AND THE OPPRESSION ACROSS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. INSTEAD OF -- INSTEAD OF GOING AFTER THESE CRIMINALS THEY HAVE OPTED TO GO INTO HOSPITALS AND RESTAURANTS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND GROCERY STORES AND DOCTORS OFFICE AND LOOKING FOR KIDNAPPINGS OF OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEY DEEM -- THEY TARGET AND DETAIN ANYBODY THEY SEEM SUSPECT WITH NO PROBABLE CAUSE.

AND THE ONLY DETERMINING FACTOR IS THAT ANYONE THAT THEY DO NOT DEEM -- THAT DESERVES TO BE HERE. AND THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING.

AND IF IT REALLY WAS ABOUT IMMIGRATION, IF IT REALLY WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CATCHING THE CRIMINALS, THEN WHY ARE THEY GOING INTO THE IMMIGRATION COURTHOUSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO SEEK ASYLUM, WHO ARE FLEEING WAR-TORN COUNTRIES AND FLEEING FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY, OR HAVE I.C.E. OUTSIDE OF THESE COURTHOUSES? WHY ARE THEY NOT PROVIDED THE SAME RIGHTS THAT EVERY U.S. CITIZEN SHOULD HAVE? JUST THIS WEEK AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE WAS FIRED BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO COMPLY AND BEND THE LAW TO THIS ADMINISTRATION.

AND SHE WANTED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND WAS REPLACED WITH SOMEBODY WHO WILL BEND THAT LAW.

IN FACT, WHEN SENATOR MURPHY WAS THERE JUST THIS WEEK, HE SPOKE TO ONE OF THE I.C.E. OFFICERS AND I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE GOING AFTER CRIMINALS. AND ALL THEY SAY IS THEY'RE PRIORITIZING EVERYONE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WHAT IS THE REASON FOR ALL OF THIS, WHY IS I.C.E. GOING AFTER EVERYBODY? WELL, IT COMES TO FIND OUT THAT AS REPORTED BY "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" THEY HAVE A QUOTA OF 3,000 ARRESTS, AND THESE DON'T MEAN DETAINEES AND THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE THEY CAN RELEASE. AND A COUPLE THAT WITH THE FOR-PROFIT PRISON SYSTEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROFITING OFF OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS OF ALL OF OUR TAX DOLLARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: KAYLA MIRANDA. FOLLOWED BY ELISA PÉREZ AND THEN TARIQ ALMOOQI.

>> IT'S JUST A QUESTION, I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A CONTINGENCY SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO MEXICO,

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WHAT IS THE CONTINGENCY WHEN MASKED MEN TAKE OUR KIDS ACROSS THE BORDER? WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS TAKING PEOPLE. AND WE ARE TOTALLY AGAINST PEOPLE BEING MASKED, TAKING OUR PEOPLE. AND WE ARE CONCERNED.

WE ARE CLOSE TO MEXICO. AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AND NOT TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN THE U.S. ONCE THEY'RE TAKEN ACROSS THE BORDER AND JUST TO GET ACROSS THE BORDER, YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING -- YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING, YOU DON'T NEED I.D. AND YOU JUST TAKE A CAR AND GO. SO WE'RE ALL CONCERNED CITIZENS.

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>> MAYOR JONES: ALISEA, AND FOLLOWED BY TARIQ ALBOOQ AND RICHARD.

>> MY NAME IS ELISHA OR ALLIE PÉREZ AND I'M A MOTHER AND I'M A SAN ANTONIO AND RAISING MY FOUR KIDS HERE. AND I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY.

I HAD THE PEOPLE TAKEN FROM MY ARMS OUTSIDE OF THEIR LAWFUL COURT PROCEEDINGS AND DETAINED BY I.C.E. AND THEN FORCED INTO DEPORTATION. I ALSO HELPED TO CO-FOUND S.A.

STANDS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE STRONGER. [APPLAUSE] AND THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF LOVE AND A LOT OF HOPE. [APPLAUSE] AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ANSWER HERE. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I HEAR SAPD IN THE CITY WHEN THEY SAY THAT YOU'RE NOT ENFORCING FEDERAL LAWS.

BUT THE CONCERN HERE IS NOT YOUR INTENT OR THE PRACTICAL THING THAT YOU'RE DOING -- IT'S THE EFFECT. EVERY ARREST IS THE FIRST STEP OF FEDERAL I.C.E. ENFORCEMENT CHAIN. ARREST LEADS TO I.C.E. CONTACT AT THE JAIL.

AND I.C.E. CONTACT LEADS TO DETENTION AND DETENTION LEADS TS TO THE DEPORTATION.

AND AS A COMMUNITY HAS STATED OVER AND OVER TODAY, THESE DEPORTATIONS ARE NOT BEING LAWFULLY DONE. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE TRIED TO TAKE.

SO LET'S NOT GET LOST IN SEMANTICS. ARRESTS AND THE LOCAL POLICIES THAT PREDICTABLY FEED THAT SYSTEM, THEY DO CARRY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES.

WE ARE PART OF THE CHAIN. SO RIGHT NOW PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, AS MY COMMUNITY SAID, ARE MORE AFRAID THAN EVER TO CALL FOR HELP. THIS IS ESPECIALLY SCARY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS WHO ARE ALREADY AFRAID TO CALL. FEAR SUPPRESSES REPORTING AND FEAR MAKES WITNESSES DISAPPEAR BUSINESS, AND IT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY LESS SAFE.

I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND STILL BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW OUR LOCAL PRACTICES AFFECT SAFETY. AND WE CAN USE DISCRETION AND EMPHASIZE IN OUR POLICIES ABOUT

THIS, BEST PRACTICES. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU CAN SUBMIT REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THE LAW IS GIVING US A FLOOR AND NOT A CEILING SO LET'S MEET THE MINIMUM AND BUILD SOMETHING BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: TARIQ ALMOOQI. TARIQ ALMOOQI. AND FATHER AGUILAR AND THEN TORI

SALE AS AND VIRGINIA QUINN. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THESE LANDS, WHICH WE CALLED OURS FOR 12,000 YEARS. SO WE DID NOT CROSS THE BORDER.

THE BORDER CROSSED US. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD MY ELDERS TOLD ME OF A STORY THAT IS CALLED MEXICAN RAPE REPATRIATION AND IT HAPPENED IN THE 1930S, WHEN ANYONE WHO LOOKED MEXICAN WERE DEPORTED BACK TO MEXICO, WHETHER THEY WERE CITIZENS OR NOT.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. AND I THINK THAT WE'RE THERE NOW IN MANY RESPECTS.

IN NOVEMBER 1989 I ATTENDED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER 1939 IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. WHERE THE GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE SYNAGOGUES, BUILDINGS, STORES, HOMES OF JEWISH PERSONS TO BE RANSACKED.

THAT WAS THE OMINOUS BEGINNING OF THE HOLOCAUST. IT WAS ALL LEGAL.

ALL ORDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. A PARISHIONER WITH ME AT THE TIME SAID THAT MAYBE WE'RE LIVING IN THAT TIME AGAIN. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO, WE NEED TO ASK

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YOU DON'T CHOOSE THAT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: TORI SALAZ, OKAY. VIRGINIA QUINN. VIRGINIA QUINN.

FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRO, NO? OKAY, VIRGINIA QUINN. AL HUNDRED ROW HERRERA.

ALEJANDRO HERRERA. PLEASE LINE UP. YOU GOT TWO MINUTES.

THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS -- ALEJANDRO HERA. I'M A BROTHER, A SON AND AN UNCLE. AND I AM A UTSA GRADUATE AND AN ENGINEER.

BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR. AND LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE MINE. THIS MESSAGE IS NOT ONLY TO CITY COUNCIL, IT IS TO ANYONE WHO CAN, FRANKLY, PULL THEIR HEAD OUT OF THEIR ASS. AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING SHOT AND ASSAULTED IN OUR STREETS. AND SO MANY OF YOU ARE STUCK IN A FALLACY.

A COGNITIVE DISSIDENCE. AND THE BELIEFS OR ASSUMPTION ARE CONTRADICTED BY NEW INFORMATION. REJECTING AND EXPLAINING AWAY, OR JUST AVOIDING NEW INFORMATION. OUR COMMUNITY IS SCARED, AND YOU ARE SCARED.

IT'S VISIBLE. IT'S VISIBLE IN EVERYONE'S FACES.

BUT IT IS TIME TO FACE REALITY. DAILY I SEE MY NEIGHBORS GRASPING ON ANY SEMBLANCE OF A RULES-BASED ORDER, BUT IT'S GONE. THIS ADMINISTRATION AND AT THE HANDS OF DONALD, AND PETER TILL, AND ARE FULFILLING A PLAN OF FASCISM, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR FEAR -- NOT AGAINST IT.

THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT FOLLOWING COURT ORDERS, THEY HAVE ACTED WITH IMPUNITY AND FORGING WARS ON SOVEREIGN STATES AND ITS OWN CITIZENS. THEIR INTENT IS TO AGITATE THE CITIZENS AND IMPRESS THEM TO FIGHTING BACK WITH A PRETEXT OF DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW AND IT IS HERE. THEY ARE DRAGGING PEOPLE, BREAKING WINDOWS AND DRAGGING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND ARRESTING TEENAGERS AND TWISTING THEIR ANKLES AND STEALING BELONGINGS AND GROUP ACCOSTING THEM. AND I WILL JUMP FORWARD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY TIME IS LIMITED. THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW OTHER CITIES AND COUNCILS IN THIS COUNTRY AND ENACT A BAN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WEARING MASKS TO CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITY. [APPLAUSE] NOT ONLY SO, THE BANNING OF THE CITY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT I.C.E. AGENTS AND ON THE OTHER HAND USING RESOURCES TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY STANDING UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: QUINN NOOK. QUINN NOOK AND FOLLOWED BY

ALISTAIR MYTH, AND THEN TERRY CURR. >> HELLO, OKAY.

YES, SO I WANT TO START THIS OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT REALLY BUGGED ME WHENEVER I FIRST STARTED COMING HERE IS THE TWO RECENT INSTANCES THAT YOU GUYS TOOK IT FELT SO DISRESPECTFUL TO BE IN A HOUSE, OUR HOUSE AND Y'ALL GET OFFENDED BY WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE DO.

THIS IS NOT HOW THIS WORKS, RIGHT? [APPLAUSE] OH, YEAH. GOSH, IT MUST BE SO HARD TO GET PAID TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND TO NOT DO IT. SPEAKING OF JOBS, Y'ALL'S JOB IS TO REPRESENT US AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT Y'ALL THINK OR WHAT Y'ALL THINK IS BEST FOR US WHAT Y'ALL THINK THAT WILL WORK AND IT MATTERS WHAT WE WANT AND WE DO NOT WANT I.C.E.. I.C.E. IS NOT PROFESSIONAL AND I.C.E. DOES NOT SHOW RESPECT AND IT'S FILLED WITH RACIST THUGS AND LOTS AND LOTS APPLY TO SEE EE. AND IT ONLY TOOK SIX MONTHS TO GET A JOB.

ON THE FIRST DAY SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE A GUN. DOES THAT SOUND PROFESSIONAL TO Y'ALL AND SOMEONE THAT DESERVES RESPECT? WE SHOULD NOT RESPECT PEOPLE WHEN SHOOT PEOPLE. WE SHOULD NOT RESPECT PEOPLE WHO KIDNAP PEOPLE.

WE SHOULD NOT RESPECT PEOPLE WHO THREATEN OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS AND THAT IS NOT A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ALISTAIR MYTH.

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AND FOLLOWED BY TERRY CURR AND THEN PRISCILLA ALAVARAZ. >> HELLO, EVERYONE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE -- ALL OF THE BUT ONE PERSON WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME.

WE ALL REPRESENT THE BEST OF OUR HUMANITY AND OUR LOVE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND A SENSE OF GROWTH AND WANTING TO BETTER OURSELVES. I.C.E. REPRESENTS ALL OF THE WORST.

IN SHORT, I.C.E. DOES NOT BELOCK IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT SHOULD BE NOT BE OWED THE ASSISTANCE OF THIS COMMUNITY. I DO NOT NEED TO GO INTO THE DEFINITION OF FASCISM AND THE WAY THAT I.C.E. IS MIMICKING THE SS, AND SEE HAS PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT THEY EXIST FOR MALICE ALONE AND WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OR EVIDENCE OR ACCOUNTABILITY OR TRANSPARENCY.

IF THEY INSIST TO WORK WITHOUT DUE DILIGENCE AND THE PROCESS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, THEN THE STATE IS CONSISTENT, SHAY SHOULD WORK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OR PROTECTION OF THE LOCAL LAWSM.

THE ONLY COOPERATION TODAY IS OUR.

NOT MODERN DAY NAZIS. TO CONTINUE, I.C.E. IS A NATIONALLY FUNDED POISON FOR OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND THEY REPRESENT ONLY ROTTEN DECAY OF OUR SOCIETY.

THIS IS NOT FOR LAW AND ORDER AND NOT TO CATCH CRIMINALS. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DEPORT CITIZENS WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO FOREIGN YOU GO GULOGS AND THEY USED LEGAL IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS TO TRAP LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE POINT IS TO ERASE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. A CLEAR SIGN OF FASCISM WHICH WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN IS AN ABSOLUTE EVIL WHICH COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE COMPROMISED WITH IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.

WE SHOULD NOT SPEAK ABOUT COMPROMISING OR IMPROVING THE I.C.E. OPERATIONS AND WE SHOULD RESTRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS A SANCTUARY CITY AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHETHER THEY WERE BORN HERE OR MOVED HERE. AND ENCOURAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES TO TURN I.C.E. AWAY AT THE DOOR TO REITERATE THERE'S NO SPACE FOR SE I.C.E. N THIS OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY AND THEY MUST BE REBUKED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> MAYOR JONES: TERRY CURR. TERRY CURR. FOLLOWED BY PRISCILLA, AND LUIS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, KIND SOULS AND NEIGHBORS. I EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES OVER 50 YEARS AGO AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR 43 YEARS.

I AM ALSO A PERSON OF COLOR. I'M WHITE. AND FROM IRELAND, AND IN IRELAND THEY USED TO SAY PEOPLE ARE FULL OF THE BLARNEY. AFTER LISTENING TO MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE HEARD THAT MUCH BLARNEY SINCE I HAVE LEFT IRELAND.

HERE'S WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY. AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE MADE A LOT OF EXCELLENT POINTS, BUT NAZIS AND FASCISTS AND GENOCIDE AND DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HYPERBOLE TODAY AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GO BACK AND CONSIDER THIS.

ON A SERIOUS NOTE -- >> MAYOR JONES: QUIET IN THE CHAMBER, PLEASE.

>> ON A SERIOUS NOTE, THE TRAGEDY THAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA, I BELIEVE THAT THE AUTHORITIES THERE HAD TAKEN THE SAME POSITION THAT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WITH THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND CONTROLLED THE TRAFFIC, PERHAPS THAT TRAGEDY WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE NEWS REPORTS THAT I'VE READ, THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM THE VENEZUELAN GANG, [LAUGHTER] THAT WERE ARRESTED. AND THEN LAST WEEK, SHERIFF SALAZAR MENTIONED THAT THEY'D ARRESTED THREE, UM, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAT WERE IN A -- THAT WERE IN A CAR THEFT RING THAT STOLE S.U.V.S AND THEY WERE BEING USED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THEY HAD -- THEY HAD BEEN LINKED TO THE CARTEL AND THEY WERE INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICS AND HAD BEEN

DEPORTED PREVIOUS TIMES. >> MAYOR JONES: SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP.

YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. PRISCILLA ALVARAZ, AND FOLLOWED

BY RAE VOIAN. >> MY NAME IS PRISCILLA ALVAREZ WITH THE RESOURCE CENTER AND A MEMBER OF S.A. STANDS AND I'M AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY AND I HAVE WITNESSED HOW I.C.E. DETAINED

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THE NOVEMBER RAID OCCURRED THREE MONTHS AGO AND THERE'S STILL SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND I STAND ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY CALLING FOR TRANSPARENCY. WE WANT TO KNOW WHY NEARLY 50 SAPD OFFICERS PROVIDED SECURITY PERIMETER FOR THE RAID. AND WHO SAID THAT OFFICERS SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE RAID THAT VIOLATED THE RIGHTS OF SO MANY? HOW MUCH DID IT COST THE TAXPAYER? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PLENTY OF MONEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION PASSED HR-1 LAST SUMMER AND GIVING THEM $150 MILLION MORE TO HARM OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THEY HAD TEXAS DPS TO ACT AS I.C.E. AGE AGENTS WHY IS THE SAD DEDICATING SO MANY RESOURCES IN THESE OPERATIONS? THE SAPD ONLY THEY SAY PROVIDED PERIMETER SUPPORT BUT ANY ICE NOW BELIEVES THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER HOMES WITHOUT A WARRANT. THIS IS SHOCKING AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL . WILL SAPD PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT OR PERIMETER SUPPORT WHEN ICE ENTERS OUR HOME WITHOUT WARRANTS THEY ARE CALLING ICE IF THEY SEE AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT IN THEIR DATABASE.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT IS NOT A WARRANT AND NOTHING IN SB 4 REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT.

THE FOURTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITS SAPD OR ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM PROLONGING DETENTION EVEN BRIEFLY OF AN INDIVIDUAL AFTER THE AUTHORITY HAS STOPPED.

I ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SAPD IS SAYING WHEN THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE GOING TO VIOLATE THE LAW BY CALLING ICE FOR THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS. I'M HAPPY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AFTER THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: RUIZ REYES.

>> YOU HAD IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: RAY AND

REGINA. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR JONES, AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE HAVE HAD A UNIQUE SITUATION ARISE. MAKE NO MISTAKE, ICE IS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.

THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER TO BAR ICE FROM SAN ANTONIO, IT IS WHETHER WE ALLOW SAPD TO ASSIST ICE AND DHS AGENTS IN DEPORTING RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.

MY ANSWER IS NO. ICE TRAINING IS INSUFFICIENT COMPARED TO SAPD TRAINING.

SAPD ACADEMY REQUIRES 1300 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE ACADEMY AND OBTAIN YOUR PEACE OFFICER LICENSE. THIS HIGH STANDARD ALLOWS SAN ANTONIANS TO TRUST IN THE OFFICER'S ABILITY TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS, UPHOLD THE LAW, AND PUT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BEFORE ANY PERSONAL BELIEFS. 1300 HOURS.

THAT'S A LONG TIME. ROUGHLY SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS.

THAT'S MORE THAN OUR ARMED FORCES DO AT BASIC. THAT'S MORE THAN A NAVY S.E.A.L GOES THROUGH AND IT'S MOST CERTAINLY A LOT MORE TRAINING THAN THE NEW BATCH OF ICE AGENTS HAVE, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY. ACCORDING TO HOMELAND SECURITY, 10,000 NEW ICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SWORN IN UNDER NEW GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.

WE HAVE SEEN THE RESULT OF THIS TRAINING. THE VIOLENT AND CARELESSNESS WITH WHICH ICE HAS OPERATED IN CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, LOS ANGELES, AND SO MANY OTHERS HAS NOW COME TO OUR CITY. UNTRAINED OFFICERS CLAIMING THAT THEY ALONE HAVE UNLIMITED AUTHORITY TO TERRORIZE PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES IN PUBLIC, AT THEIR WORK, IN THEIR CARS. SAPD SHOULD SUPERVISE ICE WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS AND PROTECTING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

JUST THIS YEAR ALONE, ICE DEATHS, NOT CASUALTIES, DEATHS, HAVE JUMPED UP TO

32, THE HIGHEST IN 20 YEARS. >> MAYOR JONES: SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR

THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> MAYOR JONES: RAY VOIN. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS REGINA GUEVARA AND I HAVE SERVED MY COMMUNITY SINCE 2008. AT VARIOUS POINTS I HAVE SERVED IN DOMESTIC CIVIL SERVICE. I SHOW THIS AS A REFLECTION OF A COMMITMENT TO MY COUNTRY. MY FORMER LAST NAME IS MOSS DISS SPARROW. TWO OF MY CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY

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HE BECAME MY CLIENT IN 2020. HE WAS NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL. I WAS TRUSTED TO STEP IN.

FRANKLIN CAME INTO MY CARE SO I COULD ENROLL HIM IN SCHOOL AND ADVOCATE FOR HIM.

I WATCHED HIM LEARN ENGLISH, MAKE FRIENDS, BECOME A GREAT SOCCER, MVP TWO YEARS IN A ROW. HE BEGAN TO BELIEVE IN HIS FUTURE.

IN JUNE OF 2023, I RECEIVED THE GREATEST PROMOTION OF MY LIFE.

I BECAME HIS MOM. BY THE START OF 2024 SCHOOL YEAR, FRANKLIN WAS THRIVING AND PREPARING TO ENTER THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S EXPLORER ACADEMY.

HIS DREAM TODAY IS STILL TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND JOIN OUR MILITARY.

ON AUGUST 12, 2024, FRANKLIN WAS ASKED TO LEAVE OUR COUNTRY.

BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO BREAK THE LAW, WE DID EVERYTHING WE WERE ASKED TO DO. FRANKLIN AND MY FAMILY RETURNED TO HONDURAS.

TODAY MY REALITY LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MANY IMAGINE.

I CONTINUE TO SERVE MY CLIENTS WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN HONDURAS AND SAN ANTONIO. THREE OF MY U.S.-BORN CHILDREN, CITIZENS BY BIRTH, ARE LIVING OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY WITH FRANKLIN AND OUR EXTENDED FAMILY.

THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MY RESOURCES AND SUPPORT OF A LOVING COMMUNITY. THAT IS NOT THE REALITY FOR MOST OF MY FAMILIES.

THERE'S A MISCONCEPTION THAT PEOPLE CAN SIMPLY RETURN LEGALLY.

OFTEN THEY CANNOT. TIMELINES ARE LONG, LEGAL COSTS OVERWHELMING, FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN COMPLIANCE AND SURVIVAL. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE A NATION OF LAWS AND LAWS MUST BE FOLLOWED. COMPLIANCE SHOULD NOT MEAN FAMILIES ARE TORN APART. I ASK MY CITY IN TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF EVERYONE WHO CALLS SAN ANTONIO HOME.

THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES IS IN YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: RAY VOYIN. >> MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY, OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SAN ANTONIO. TODAY IS NOT A DAY WE MEET LIGHTLY ON. WHILE ONE OF OUR ESTEEMED STATE REPRESENTATIVES FLEE FOR WARM WEATHER, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE BONE-CHILLING TOPIC OF ICE.

NOT THE ICE THAT SPREADS ALONG OUR CITY STREETS THAT CAUSES VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS TO SLIP AND FALL. BUT THE KIND THAT ENTERS SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, STEALING WOMEN AND CHILDREN THEY DEEM A THREAT TO US. DESPITE THIS TIME OF UNCERTAINTY, OUR VOICE HAS BEEN STRONG TO CALL FOR JUSTICE TO BE MET. THAT IS WHAT I HOPE TO ASK OF YOU TODAY. THAT THE SAPD DO NOT ASSIST ICE.

LET THE SAPD BE A WARMING LIGHT IN THIS TRYING STORM. THE MEMBERS OF THE SAPD ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO EXPERIENCED THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM IN 2021.

WITH THEIR HELP, WE CAN RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY WHEN THE COLD CREEPS IN AND THE POWER GRID FALTERS ONCE MORE. THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO ARE HONEST AND HEARTWARMING PEOPLE FULL OF PASSION, JOY, AND LOVE.

THESE ARE THINGS IN SHORT SUPPLY THESE DAYS BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE.

IT IS MY HOPE THAT NOT ONLY THIS CITY COUNCIL BUT EVERYONE HERE TODAY WILL JOIN ME IN KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THE WELL BEING OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

THOSE WHO SEE THIS MESSAGE OPEN UP, SHARE A CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE .

GIVE YOUR NEIGHBORS A BLANKET WHEN THEY ARE COLD. WE MUST DO WHAT WE CAN TO ENDURE THIS TRYING WINTER STORM. IT IS A HARD TIME FOR ALL OF US BUT IT IS MY BELIEF THAT TOGETHER WE CAN BRING BACK FREEDOM AND SAFETY TO OUR

CITY. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ANGELA PARDO. ANGELA PARDO. STEPHANIE ESPARZA.

STEPHANIE ESPARZA. KATHY STEIN. KATHY STEIN.

EMILY MORALES AND NICHOLAS BAKER WILL FOLLOW KATHY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

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I FORGOT MY SPEECH AT HOME SO I'M WRITING SOME NOTES AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JONES, CITY COUNCIL, AND FELLOW CITIZENS.

I AM KATHY STEIN. I AM SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALL SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINNEAPOLIS AND THE PROPERTY TO VEHICLES, HOMES, AND PEOPLE, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH. I'VE ALSO SEEN THE DISRUPTION TO BUSINESSES, TO TRAFFIC, TO POLICE OPERATIONS TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS MESS THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TOO SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT. BUT I DO HAVE A POSSIBLE SOLUTION, SORT OF, THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER. NOT NOW BUT WHEN WE GET THE SURGE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT MINNEAPOLIS IS EXPERIENCING WITH 3,000 ICE AGENTS DESCENDING UPON THE CITY.

WHAT IF WE CLOSED IT? WHAT IF WE SIMPLY CLOSED THE BUSINESSES, CLOSED THE SCHOOLS, AND LET THEM SERVE THEIR WARRANTS THAT THEY HAVE WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE, WITHOUT ANY THREATS, WITHOUT ANY DELAYS. COULD WE DO THAT FOR A DAY OR TWO AND LET THEM DO WHATEVER LEGITIMATE BUSINESS THEY HAVE SO THAT NONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN HERE? IF WE CLOSE DOWN -- [TIMER] PLEASE FOR A SECOND. IF WE CLOSE DOWN, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE SO PEOPLE WERE PREPARED AND ALSO POSSIBLY HAVE SOME MAKEUP DAYS, LIKE WE DO WITH SCHOOLS WHEN SCHOOLS CLOSE EARLY OR WHEN SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED SO THAT BUSINESSES WOULD BE OPEN MAYBE THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE OPEN ON A SATURDAY TO MAKE UNTHAT TIME. I WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK TO ANYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN

TO ME. >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, MA'AM.

EMILY MORALES, NICHOLAS BAKER, CHRIS WELDY. EMILY MORALES.

NICHOLAS BAKER. CHRIS WELDY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, NICO BAKER, DISTRICT 1. ACROSS THE PLAZA HERE ON THIS BUILDING ON DE LA ROSA STREET ON THE NORTH WALL THERE'S A PLAQUE. HERE STOOD THE EARLY COURTHOUSE CITY COUNCIL ROOM, ET CETERA, AND WHERE OCCURRED THE INDIAN MASSACRE IN 1840. MARCH 19 OF THAT YEAR, 35 UNARMED MEN AND WOMEN, COMANCHES, WERE MURDERED IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROOM DOWN DE LA ROSA, HERE, IN THIS PLACE. RACIAL VIOLENCE IS CENTRAL TO TEXAS HISTORY.

YOU COULD SAY IT'S THE WHOLE POINT. WHY DID WE NEED TEXAS RANGERS? TO MAKE ROOM FOR WHITE ANGELO SETTLERS.

IT IS THE ANGELO WHO IS THE IMMIGRANT TO TEXAS! [APPLAUSE] IT IS IMPORTANT I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF ICE AND SAPD WITH REGARDS TO IMMIGRATION ARE NOT UNPRECEDENTED.

THE UNPRECEDENTED THING TO DO WOULD BE TO HOLD THESE LAWFUL THUGS ACCOUNTABLE AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE. WHEN WE ASK THIS CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT POSITIONS, POLICIES, AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE HOSTILE TO ICE AND BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE ASKING THIS CITY COUNCIL TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN TEXAS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ICE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION YOUNGER THAN ME, DENYING ACCESS TO ATTORNEYS TO THEIR CLIENTS. WHERE NEW HIRES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN AFFIDAVITS SWEARING THEY HAVE NOT BEEN COMMITTED OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEX CRIME AS REPORTED BY PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A GROUP WHO THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED CAN STOP PEOPLE BASED ON THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY SPEAK, THE ACCENT THEY SPEAK WITH. MY WIFE CANNOT BE HERE.

HER STUDENT IN NATALIA HIGH SCHOOL WAS DETAINED. THE "SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS" HAS AN ARTICLE CALLED TRAPPED BY ICE. JAVIER, HE NEVER MISSED A DAY OF SCHOOL UNTIL HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY ICE. HE LOVED BIKES.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME .

WELDY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JONES, MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DR. CHRISTINE WELDY, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 9. I CAME FROM A THREE-GENERATION MILITARY FAMILY AND RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER 41 YEARS AS A DEPARTMENT OF ARMY CIVIL SERVANT DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING MILITARY FAMILIES AND MILITARY CHILDREN.

AFTER LIVING THREE DECADES IN EUROPE, I CHOSE TO MAKE SAN ANTONIO MY HOME.

I CHOSE THIS CITY BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO'S MILITARY CITY, USA, A CITY THAT UNDERSTANDS SERVICE, SACRIFICE, AND DUTY. IT'S ALSO RICH, VIBRANT, CULTURALLY-DIVERSE CITY AND THAT DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH.

IMMIGRANTS HAVE HELPED BUILD SAN ANTONIO, OUR CULTURE, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR ECONOMY. BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND, I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN LAW AND ORDER. I RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR CITY SAFE. IN NORMAL TIMES, WE TRUST OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS TO ACT LAWFULLY AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

BUT THESE ARE NOT NORMAL TIMES. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WE ARE SEEING ICE ENGAGE IN ACTIONS THAT RAISE SERIOUS CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS, INCLUDING WRONGFUL DETENTIONS, EXCESSIVE FORCE, AND TACTICS THAT SPREADS FEAR ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING INCIDENTS INVOLVING EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENGAGED IN LAWFUL NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH OR OBSERVATION. THESE CONCERNS ARE NOT PARTISAN.

THEY ARE CONCERNS FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BELONG TO EVERYONE. SAN ANTONIO MUST NOT BE COMPLICIT IN UNLAWFUL FEDERAL ACTIONS. SB 4 DOES NOT REQUIRE THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ARE ENTER INTO COOPERATION AGREEMENTS WITH ICE NOR DOES IT REQUIRE THE CITY TO GO BEYOND WHAT THE LAW DEMANDS. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO REFUSE COOPERATION WITH ICE BEYOND WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO DEMAND TRANSPARENCY WITH ICE AND TO USE EVERY LEGAL AVENUE AVAILABLE TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: HERNANDO ARCE FOLLOWED BY LAURA MOLLINAD AND CHRISTINE NICKOLL. ORDER!

>> MAYOR JONES: QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE! QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS.

[YELLING] >> MAYOR JONES: PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS.

WE'LL RECONVENE. HERNANDO ARCE FOLLOWED BY LAURA MOLLINAD AND CHRISTINE

NICKOLL. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HERNANDO ARRESTCY. I'M AN INDEPENDENT REPORTER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. NOW, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE IF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DID NOT LET MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO OUR COUNTRY. BUT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE FACING TODAY, WE HAVE TO GO BACK ONLY ABOUT FOUR YEARS DURING THE RON NIRENBERG ADMINISTRATION HERE WHEN HE OPENED UP THE MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER. AS I FINALLY CALL IT, THE AMERICAN REPLACEMENT CENTER ON SAN PEDRO AVENUE WHERE OVER A MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS CAME INTO OUR COUNTRY, OUR STATE, OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

IRONICALLY, THAT IMMIGRATION MIGRANT CENTER WAS SOLD RIGHT BEFORE THE INVASION.

IT WAS SOLD FROM SAN ANTONIO TO ONE OF THE MAYOR'S BIGGEST DONORS, GRAY STREET PARTNERS, WHO OWNS A LOT OF THE PROPERTY AROUND THE PEARL BREWERY.

THEY BOUGHT THAT BUILDING, REHABBED IT FOR THE MIGRANTS AND TURNED AROUND AND RENTED IT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND OVER A MILLION OF THESE

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SO ALSO I WAS ABLE TO EXPOSE THE SECRET HANGAR THAT WAS BEHIND THE AIRPORT WHERE 300 ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE STAYING AS OVERFLOW. I FILMED THAT AND FROM FILMING IT IN PUBLIC PROPERTY, I WAS GIVEN A TRESPASSING WARNING AND TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS ARRESTED AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING FOR FILMING ILLEGAL ALIENS COMING OFF THREE COACH BUSES. ACTUALLY, I WAS ARRESTED THAT NIGHT BY SAPD AIRPORT POLICE. [CHEERING] THE CASE WAS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE AND I SUED THE CITY AND WE SETTLED OUT OF COURT.

I'M PAINTING A PICTURE HERE, JUST TO SHOW YOU NOW THAT WE'VE COME BACK FULL CIRCLE.

NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME IN HERE UNVETTED.

I KNOW THE SYSTEM VERY WELL. I KNOW WHAT AN NTA IS, TPS IS.

I KNOW WHAT TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS IS. SO WHEN YOU SEE ALL THESE

PEOPLE GETTING DETAINED AND ARRESTED, IT'S BECAUSE -- >> FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO,

ONE! [CHEERING] >> MAYOR JONES: QUIET, QUIET, QUIET, QUIET. QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS. QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS.

>> HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE

FIVE SECONDS. >> FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE!

>> I CAN'T TALK WITH THESE PEOPLE OVERTALKING ME. >> MAYOR JONES: YOUR TIME IS COMPLETE. IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL -- LAURA MOLLINAD, CHRISTINE NICKOLL, PETER BELLA. LAURA MOLLINAD. CHRISTINE NICKOLL.

QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE. CHRISTINE NICKOLL.

PETER BELLA. FOLLOWED BY SHANNON LOCKE AND IZZY B.

>> MY NAME IS PETER BELLA. 10,000 LOCAL RESIDENTS TOOK TO THE STREETS AND PROTESTED ENTIRELY PEACEFULLY DURING THE JUNE 14, 2025 NO KINGS RALLY AND MARCH IN SAN ANTONIO. CHIEF MCMANUS SALUTED OUR NON-VIOLENT PROTEST, WRITING ON TWITTER: THANK YOU TO THE THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS AND ORGANIZERS FOR SHOWING EVERYONE HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE TODAY. BETWEEN THE HARD ROCK, WHICH IS SB 4, AND I UNDERSTAND FROM THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WE'VE HAD SO FAR, THAT IT PUTS Y'ALL BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. I GET THAT.

ON THE OTHER END IS HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES IN SAN ANTONIO.

HOW WE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND HOW WE WORK OUT OUR DIFFERENCES TOGETHER AND WE FIND THE COMMON GROUND WE NEED. I WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION, OR AS THE LATE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS CALLED IT, GOOD TROUBLE. BUT THE DEPLOYMENT OF ICE IN LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, AND NOW MINNEAPOLIS HAS PROMOTED CONFRONTATION AND HAS ESCALATED VIOLENCE, NOTABLY IN THE SHOOTING DEATH BY AN ICE AGENT OF RENEE GOODE FOLLOWED BY A DISMISSAL OF THE MURDERER I WILL CONTINUE MY GOOD TROUBLE PROTESTS BUT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESS OF OUR PEACEFUL PROTEST. WE LOOK TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO RETURN THE FAVOR OF THAT PEACEFUL PROTEST. WE LOOK TO YOU TO KEEP US PROTECTED AS YOU ALWAYS TRY TO DO, AND EVEN GIVEN THE CONSTRAINTS OF SB 4, KEEP ICE OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SHANNON

LOCKE FOLLOWED BY IZZY BOWSER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR JONES, COUNCIL. I'M SHANNON LOCKE. I'M RUNNING TO BE THE NEXT BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

I AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE BOARD CERTIFIED IN CRIMINAL LAW AND I'M HERE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW WE SHOULD HOLD ICE ACCOUNTABLE. I'M NOT ONLY A CRIMINAL

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RAIDS THAT DETAIN INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE UNLAWFUL. WHEN THESE OCCUR, THOSE AGENTS MUST BE INVESTIGATED AND REFERRED FOR PROSECUTION.

WHAT SAPD CAN DO IS THEY CAN OBSERVE AND INVESTIGATE THESE UNLAWFUL RAIDS AND REFER THOSE UNLAWFUL RAIDS TO THE D.A.'S OFFICE FOR PROSECUTION.

AS THE ONLY BOARD-CERTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, I WILL HAVE MY PROSECUTORS, ONCE I'M ELECTED, REVIEW THESE CASES AND SUBMIT THEM TO THE GRAND JURY. IF THE GRAND JURY FINDS THAT CRIMINAL ACTS HAVE OCCURRED AND DETAINING SOMEBODY ILLEGALLY IS A KIDNAPPING. POINTING A GUN AT SOMEBODY WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION OR LAWFUL AUTHORITY IS AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

I WILL REFER THESE ACTS TO THE GRAND JURY IF THE GRAND JURY FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE, THEY'LL ISSUE WARRANTS FOR THEIR ARREST. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL THEN TRY TO REMOVE IT TO FEDERAL COURT BUT WE CAN LEAVE THAT UP TO OUR JUDICIARY DOING THINGS THEY HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> MAYOR JONES: IZZY BOWSER. IZZY BOWSER.

>> SHE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE. >> MAYOR JONES: MARY ALICIA DEVERRA.

GILBERTO AGUILAR FOLLOWED BY KATE SANCHEZ AND DEE ANN CUELLAR.

PLEASE LINE UP. >> HELLO. I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT JUST TO KIND OF REFLECT ON ALL OF THE COMPASSION AND CARE THAT UNITES US ALL HERE TODAY. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KIND OF LOOK AROUND AND SEE ALL OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TODAY AND GIVE UP SOME TIME OUT OF THEIR AFTERNOON TO STAND UP FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE ALLOWED US TO BE HERE TODAY.

HELLO TO ES, EM, AND EL. WHAT HAS COMPELLED ME TO COME TODAY IS TO EXPRESS THE NEED TO MINIMIZE OUR COOPERATION WITH SAPD AND TO REFLECT ON WHAT STRATEGIES THE CITY IS GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY UNDER THREAT. THERE ARE ALREADY STUDENTS FEELING UNABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL SAFELY. THERE ARE STUDENTS WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN MONTHS NOW. AND WE NEED TO LEARN WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS AS THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. SECONDLY, IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFER WHEN OUR RESIDENTS ARE CONFIDENT THAT WHEN OUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE NOT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND THEY CAN COUNT ON LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO RENDER AID AND ASSISTANCE.

THE HARM THAT IS CAUSED TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN VIOLENCE IS NOT REPORTED WILL MAKE OUR STREETS LESS SAFE FOR DOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS ALIKE.

WE ARE SAFER WHEN OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON LOCAL ISSUES AND NOT NATIONAL POLICIES. I HEAR THAT SAPD IS GOING TO SECURE SCENES FOR ICE AND I'M CURIOUS TO LEARN HOW DO WE KNOW IF THESE SCENES THEY ARE SECURING ARE LAWFUL? HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S NOT AN INDISCRIMINATE DETAINMENT? HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S NOT AN UNTRAINED MASKED FEDERAL AGENT DETAINING MY FAMILY? IF I HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE ARMED AGENT WITH A GUN ON OUR FAMILIES, CAN I GO TO AN SAPD AGENT FOR ASSISTANCE? WHO IS GOING TO COME TO MY FAMILY'S AID WHEN AN ARMED MAN IS HAVING A GUN TO OUR HEAD. NO ICE IN SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU.

KATE SANCHEZ. DEE ANN CUELLAR FOLLOWED BY MARTHA JONES.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DEE ANN CUELLAR.

I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. I'M QUEER, JEWISH, AND

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THEN THEY CAME FOR THE TRADE UNIONIST BUT I DID NOT SPEAK OUT.

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JEWS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A JEW.

THEN THEY CAME FOR ME AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT FOR ME.

THIS IS A QUOTE BY A GERMAN PASTOR. BUT THESE ARE WORDS ABOUT THE GUILT AND RESPONSIBILITY, INDIFFERENCE, AND INACTION.

THERE'S MULTIPLE QUOTES BECAUSE THE AUTHOR CHANGED THE LIST OF VICTIMS FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCES. AND THE QUOTE WAS A CONFESSION TO SHOW GERMANS HOW TO ACCEPT PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. BUT WHAT WOULD THEY SAY TODAY? FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE UNDOCUMENTED AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I HAD PAPERS AND A REAL I.D. THEN THEY CAME FOR THE JOURNALISTS AND ASYLUM SPEAKERS AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I AM NOT A JOURNALIST AND MY FAMILY IS SAFE. THEN THEY SHOT AND KILLED A MOM AND TOOK A CHILD AND I DID NOT SPEAK OUT. THEN THEY CAME FOR ALL OF US AND THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO SPEAK BECAUSE SILENCE, VIOLENCE LEARN HOW TO WEAR A MASK AND CALL ITSELF THE LAW. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: MARTHA JONES FOLLOWED BY ANANDA

TOMAS AND JAVIER SOLIZ. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYORS -- MAYOR, CHIEF MCMANUS, THANK YOU ALL AND YOUR STAFF FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR FEELINGS. MY NAME IS MARTHA JONES, PHD.

I AM A RETIRED PROFESSOR FROM UTSA AND ST. MARY'S. [APPLAUSE] I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT ICE. I HAVE HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH ITS PREDECESSOR, INS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT EITHER. WHAT I AM GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE PROUD HERITAGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, OF RESISTANCE TO DICTATORSHIP FROM MY FAMILY -- AND I'M SURE I SPEAK FOR MANY FAMILIES HERE. MY FIRST ANCESTORS ARRIVED IN THIS COUNTRY 395 YEARS AGO. THE ONE WHO ARRIVED IN 1641 ARRIVED UNDER A LEGITIMATE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT. THE ONE WHO ARRIVED IN TEXAS IN 1821, WHO IS PART OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN'S 0300, WAS APPOINTED BY STEPHEN F.

AUSTIN AS THE FIRST COMMANDER OF THE AUSTIN COLONY MILITIA.

IN A SENSE, HE IS THE FORERUNNER OF ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS TODAY.

THEY FOLLOWED THE LAW AT THEIR TIME. HOWEVER, WHILE THEY WERE OBEYING THE LAW, THEIR GOVERNMENTS WERE REPLACED BY AUTOCRATS AND DICTATORS.

PETER, SANTA ANA, I COULD GO ON AND ON. MY ANCESTORS TOOK UP LEGAL MEANS TO OUST THESE DICTATORS. MY ANCESTOR -- MAY I FINISH MY SENTENCE AND THEN I'LL GO. MY ANCESTOR, WHO WAS THE FIRST MILITIA HERE, WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN 1834.

HIS SONS FOUGHT AT SAN JACINTO AGAINST SANTA ANA. THERE IS A LONG TRADITION OF MANY OF US HERE WHO SUPPORT THE POSITION OF THE POLICE IN COMPASSION, INTEGRITY, JUSTICE. AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE SAPD LIVE UP --

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU. ANANDA TOMAS FOLLOWED BY JAVIER SOLIZ AND ARTURO

MADRID. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANANDA TOMAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACT FOR SA AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 8. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO LIVE IN FEAR EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF INCREASED ICE PRESENCE AND TERROR IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR MONTHS WE HAVE WATCHED FAMILY MEMBERS, CO-WORKERS, AND OUR NEIGHBORS GET RIPPED FROM COMMUNITY AT IMMIGRATION HEARINGS, ICE CHECK-INS, THEIR HOMES AND WORKPLACES. WE HAVE WITNESSED UNLAWFUL ARRESTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING DISAPPEARED AND MAKE NO MISTAKE.

WHEN IMMIGRANT MOTHERS HESITATE TO CALL 9-1-1 DURING EMERGENCIES, WHEN FAMILIES ARE GOING HUNGRY BECAUSE THEY FEAR GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE, AND WHEN

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IT IS STATE-SPONSORED TERROR. AND WHILE TEXAS LAW DOES REQUIRE CERTAIN COLLABORATION WITH ICE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SAPD ALWAYS HAS THE ABILITY TO DENY A COLLABORATION REQUEST DUE TO LIMITED RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES, INCLUDING SAPD OFFICERS, ARE STRETCHED THIN, DESPITE THEIR MASSIVE BUDGET? COULD SAPD NOT THEN DENY MORE COLLABORATION REQUESTS? BUT OUTSIDE OF THIS, YOU AS COUNCIL CAN ACT.

SORRY. OKAY. IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, CITY COUNCIL IS COORDINATING WITH AUSTIN PD TO UPDATE ITS POLICIES AND TRAINING RELATED TO COOPERATING WITH ICE. EVEN THOUGH POLICE OFFICERS CANNOT BE PROHIBITED FOR ASKING FOR IMMIGRATION STATUS, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO. IN KANSAS CITY, COUNCIL BLOCKED FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER PERMITS SO THAT MORE ICE FACILITIES CANNOT BE BUILT IN THEIR CITY.

YOU CAN DO THE SAME. FURTHERMORE, I KNOW THAT SA STANDS COALITION BROUGHT FORWARD A RESOLUTION ASKING YOU TO PUT OUT A COMPASSIONATE RESPONSE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BEING A WELCOMING CITY, NO MATTER WHERE SOMEBODY IS BORN.

IT HAS BEEN OVER SEVEN MONTHS AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN.

PLEASE STAND WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND TAKE THESE ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JAVIER SOLIZ, ARTURO MADRID.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS JAVIER SOLIZ.

I'M A BORN AND RAISED SAN ANTONIAN FROM DISTRICT 8. I HAVE COME TO CITY HALL TO ADVOCATE AGAINST THE INHUMANE AND DEGRADING EVENTS CONDUCTED BY ICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, FILLING SAN ANTONIANS LIKE ME WITH DISGUST AND FEAR. I'M SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THOSE WHO HOLD LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BALCONES HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THESE AGENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PRIORITIZE CITIZENS' SAFETY THE REALITY IS THEY HAVE COLLABORATED WITH ICE TO TERRORIZE THE PEOPLE WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT. IN NOVEMBER 2025, SAPD SENT APPROXIMATELY 50 OFFICERS TO ASSIST WITH AN ICE RAID, KIDNAPPING MORE THAN 140 PEOPLE ONLY TO CONCLUDE MANY WERE NOT MEMBERS OF THE SUSPECTED GANG. NO SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT 138 INDIVIDUALS HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ACROSS THE BOARD FROM LOCAL TO FEDERAL LEVELS IS PERNICIOUS.

WHY ARE YOU NOT ASKING QUESTIONS? WHY ARE YOU NOT ENSURING THAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE SAFE? NEITHER STATE LEGISLATION NOR LOCAL AUTHORITY SUPERSEDES THE CONSTITUTION. BOTH HAVE VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY ASSISTING A GROUP OF LAWLESS, DISORDERLY BIGOTS WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT INFRINGE ON THE RIGHTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THE FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTS US FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURE. SB 4 MANDATES LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH ICE NOT TO COLLABORATE IN RAIDS.

THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVED ITS COMMITMENT TO ICE THROUGH ITS ACTIONS IN THE NOVEMBER 2025 RAID. I ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THOSE LEADING THE AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

I REMIND YOU ALL OF THE UNWARRANTED TRAFFIC STOPS CONDUCTED ON THE BASIS OF PREJUDICE. THESE STOPS ARE SIMILAR TO A HISTORICAL TIME IN GERMANY KNOWN AS THE GESTAPO. WILL WE CONTINUE TO STAND BY? I KNOW THAT CONSTITUENTS WILL NOT. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ARTURO MADRID.

>> ROSALITA HAS CEDED HER TIME TO ME. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU HAVE

SIX MINUTES, SIR. >> I'LL BEGIN MY REMARKS WITH THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO MAYOR JONES AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US AS CITIZENS TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF ICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR NATION. MY NAME IS ARTURO MADRID. I'M A RETIRED PROFESSOR, A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1, A TAXPAYER AND A VOTER.

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IN RESPONSE TO THE AGGRESSIVE, DESTRUCTIVE, AND OUTRAGEOUS POLICIES AND ACTIONS OF ICE. TWO MANTRAS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS PERIOD, BOTH ATTRIBUTED TO THE LATE MARTIN LUTHER KING GUIDE OUR EFFORTS.

THE SILENCE OF GOOD PEOPLE IS WORSE THAN THE BRUTALITY OF BAD PEOPLE.

THE SECOND: WHEN BAD PEOPLE PLOT, GOOD PEOPLE PLAN. WE UNDERSTAND OR HAVE BEEN LED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE SEVERELY CONSTRAINED BY BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. BUT ALL OF US HAVE THE PROTECTIONS AGAINST UNLAWFUL OR ARBITRARY ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS GRANTED TO US IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION. THIS INCLUDES BEING INNOCENT OF ANY ALSO OF CRIMINALITY UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT OF LAW.

OUR RIGHTS INCLUDE BEING ABLE TO HOLD GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE. AT THE VERY LEAST, OUR ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS SHOULD PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ON WHAT IS OCCURRING IN OUR CITY AS RELATED TO ICE'S IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY. DEVELOP A MECHANISM WHEREBY CITY RESIDENTS CAN REPORT QUESTIONABLE OR ILLEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST THEM OR THEIR NEIGHBORS BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENTS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES.

EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN TO ICE POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT THEY CONSIDER ILLEGAL OR INAPPROPRIATE BY THE POLICIES -- VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BY ICE.

WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BECAUSE ICE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE TARGETING PEOPLE NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDOCUMENTED OR CRIMINAL, BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY APPEAR TO BE MEXICAN, LATINO, DARK SKIN, OTHERWISE.

THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE MULTIPLE PUBLIC ANTI-MEXICAN STATEMENTS.

STEVEN MILLER, HIS PRINCIPAL ADVISOR IS ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD MEXICAN.

THEY ALLOW ICE TO DETAIN PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR APPEARANCE SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY LOOK MEXICAN OR LATINO THE MAJORITY OF DETAINEES AND DEPORTEES ARE MEXICAN AND VENEZUELANS. RECENTLY MEDIA COVERAGE OF ICE ACTIONS IS PRINCIPALLY FOCUSED ON CALIFORNIA. OFFER, 75% OF DETENTIONS OCCURRED IN TEXAS.

A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE DETAINEES ARE BEING HELD IN TEXAS.

ICE IS ACTIVE IN SAN ANTONIO DETAINING CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS.

EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHLY-PUBLICIZED ACTIONS IN DECEMBER, LITTLE OR NOTHING IS BEING REPORTED TO THE MEDIA OR BY OUR ELECTED OR APPOINTED GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS. OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS YOU HAVE SEEN ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS COWED OR STYMIED. OFFICERS INTIMIDATED AND CORPORATE LEADERS BOUGHT OFF. AND, OF COURSE, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS BEEN SILENCED. THERE IS NO CAVALRY WHO WILL RIDE TO OUR RESCUE. WE, AS ORDINARY CITIZENS, WILL HAVE TO JOIN THE BATTLE OURSELVES. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO BE SILENT OR ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE SILENCED, AS WELL AS TO HOLD THE LEADERS OF OUR INSTITUTIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WE ASK YOU TO JOIN US IN SPEAKING OUT AND TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY YOU HAVE TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS AS RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT OUR SPEECH AND OUR ACTIONS AND YOUR SPEECH AND YOUR ACTIONS VIOLATE THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. I WILL REMIND ALL OF US THAT THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS OF NAZI GERMANY, FASCIST ITALY, AND COMMUNIST USSR WERE LEGAL BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THEY WERE ETHICAL, MORAL, RIGHT, JUST, OR HUMANE. THANK YOU.

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[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ELIAS CISNEROS.

LYDIA HERNANDEZ TRICKY. ARI TREGOYA. CAMILLE SPEARS?

CAMILLE SPEARS, IS THAT YOU? FOLLOWED BY SHELBY LAUGHERY. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO SOME VERY HEIGHTENED EMOTIONS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. I AM DR. KAMIL SPEARS, SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. DISTRICT 1.

I'VE BEEN AN HIV DOCTOR IN SAN ANTONIO FOR FOUR YEARS. I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS HOW FEAR IS UNDERMINING OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.

LAST MONTH A PATIENT I HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS CAME IN FOR HIS FOLLOW-UP VISIT.

HE IS SOMEONE I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING. HE HAS THIS JOYFUL SMILE AND LAID-BACK EASE ABOUT LIFE. YEARS AGO HE WAS GRANTED ASYLUM DUE TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN HIS HOME COUNTRY. INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT HIS HEALTH, HE ASKED ME HOW LONG DO YOU THINK I COULD SURVIVE WITHOUT MY HIV MEDS? I TOLD HIM THE TRUTH. THAT MISSING EVEN A FEW DOSES WOULD LEAD TO VARIABLE REBOUND, IMMUNE COLLAPSE, AND SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. HE WAS TERRIFIED HE WOULD BE FORCEFULLY REMOVED FROM THE COUNTRY. HIS FEAR ISN'T ABSTRACT.

I'LL LET ALL THE COMMENTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SAN ANTONIO FOLLOWING SB 4 CANNOT PROHIBIT COORDINATION WITH ICE BUT SAN ANTONIO CAN ALLOW OFFICERS TO USE THEIR GOOD EXPERIENCES AND DISCRETION WITHOUT PROHIBITING COORDINATION.

THERE ARE TWO WAYS SAPD CAN DO THAT. FIRST, WRITE A POLICY ALLOWING DISCRETION AND HOW OFFICERS RESPOND TO ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS AND OTHER CALLS FROM ICE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRIAGE THREATS ON A DAILY BASIS.

THEY CAN CHOOSE TO RESPOND TO HIGH-PRIORITY CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS AND THEY CAN STAND BY AND REPORT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND START TO SERVE AS A REAL FORCE FOR SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. SECOND, STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS FOR VICTIMS AND PEOPLE IN HEALTH EMERGENCIES. THEM NOT CALLING MAKES OUR CITY LESS SAFE FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO INCREASE THEIR PUBLIC TRUST. LET'S CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS OUR CITY TO THRIVE AND LET'S NOT TURN SAN ANTONIO INTO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO REFILL THEIR HIV MEDICATIONS, SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OR CALL 9-1-1. I URGE YOU TO WRITE POLICIES FOUNDED IN COMMUNITY TRUST AND ENSURE NO RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO IS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR

WELL-BEING AND THEIR SAFETY. >> MAYOR JONES: SHELBY LAUGHERY.

PEDRO RUIZ FOLLOWED BY SARAH CRUZ. >> I'M GOING TO GIVE MY TIME

TO ANTONIO. HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> MAYOR JONES: YOUR NAME IS PEDRO RUIZ? YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, SIR. THANKS.

>> WE NATIVE PEOPLE WERE THE FIRST TO BE ICED OUT OF OUR LAND, DEPORTED, REMOVED, TREATED AS INHUMAN SAVAGES, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS.

A GENTLEMAN BROUGHT UP THE COMANCHE MASSACRE. THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS FLIPPED. THAT THE COMANCHES MASSACRED WHEN IT WAS THEY THAT WERE MASSACRED, THROWN INTO THE RIVER, HUNG ON THE OLD OAK TREES THAT USED TO BE HERE ON MAIN PLAZA. A LADY WITH A PHD BROUGHT UP THE SAN JACINTO BATTLE WHERE THE ANGELOS AND TEXICANS, TEJANOS DEFEATED SANTA ANA.

THERE WERE 600 NATIVES LEFT TO ROT IN THE FIELD. THEY WERE FIGHTING AGAINST

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SOME EQUALITY AMONGST ALL RACES. EVERYONE STARTED TO BE TREATED AS EQUALS AND HUMAN BEINGS. WELL, THAT IS BEING TURNED BACK WITH MAG AND DONALD TRUMP IN OFFICE. WE HAVE GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WHO HAS PUT RAZOR WIRES TO CUT UP CHILDREN AND DIE THERE.

THAT IS TEXAS LAW. WE NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE NO STATUS IN TEXAS BECAUSE OF [INDISCERNIBLE]. IT IS A RACIST, RACIST NATION AND A VERY RACIST STATE. WE ARE ABOUT CHANGING IT. TRUMP IS ONE MAN.

HE WILL EXPIRE, JUST LIKE HITLER DID. BUT GERMAN PEOPLE NOW HAVE A GOOD COUNTRY AND THEY WORK WELL WITH THE REST OF THE EUROPEAN STATES.

HOPEFULLY THE UNITED STATES WILL ONE DAY RECOVER THAT AFTER DONALD TRUMP AND START WORKING WITH MEXICO, CANADA, GREENLAND, AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

AGAIN, AS THEIR NEIGHBORS, ALLIES, AND FRIENDS AND START RESPECTING ALL PEOPLE.

WE HAVE HABEAS CORPUS. I BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION.

I'M ALSO A VETERAN . I PROTECTED THE CONSTITUTION, NOT A TYRANT, NOT A WANNABE DICTATOR. THESE REPUBLICANS THAT ARE KISSING BOOTS, DOING GERRYMANDERING AND REDISTRICTING DISTRICTS TO SERVE DONALD TRUMP ARE MORE JUST BOOT LICKING KKK. I CALL OUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO GROW A SPINE.

GROW A SPINE AND REPRESENT YOUR PEOPLE, ALL YOU PEOPLE, NOT JUST YOUR WHITE SUPREMACIST, RACIST PEOPLE. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS AND YOUR AREAS. SERVE YOUR PEOPLE. AND LET'S TAKE THE LAWSUIT ON. LET'S TAKE IT AGAIN. RESIST SB 4.

287B, ALL THAT. SAN ANTONIO CAN RESIST IT. I WILL PAY MY TAXES FOR YOU, FOR EVERYONE HERE

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: SARAH CRUZ SARAH CRUZ, HANNA GATES,

WILLIAM RIPTO. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

DO YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE? >> MAYOR JONES: GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SARAH CRUZ AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE AFL-CIO TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY TO MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEKING MEANINGFUL ACTIONS FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CALLING THIS SPECIAL MEETING. AT A MOMENT WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING DISAPPEARED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS, RESIDENTS DESERVE ANSWERS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT LAWS LIKE SENATE BILL 4 REQUIRE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING SAPD, TO HONOR ICE DETAINERS AND THAT NO POLICY MAY PROHIBIT THEM FROM COOPERATING WITH ICE AND OTHER AGENCIES.

HOWEVER, THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE WIDE DISCRETION AS TO HOW THEY INTERACT WITH ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. AS PART OF ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND

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THIS DOES NOT MAKE SAN ANTONIO SAFER AND OFFICERS SHOULDN'T BE COOPTED INTO THE EFFORTS OF AN AGE CREATING A CIVIL RIGHTS CRISIS.

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF SB 4, CITY OF AUSTIN PASSED FREEDOM CITY POLICIES.

SAN ANTONIO CAN DO THE SAME. OUR TEAM AND COALITION WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE TO CRAFT POLICIES THAT SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF SAN ANTONIO

RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: HANNA GATES FOLLOWED BY WILLIAM RIPTO AND CHRISTINA SAN MIGUEL.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1 AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THE RAID THAT HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER OFF OF SAN PEDRO AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE MAN THAT WAS TAKEN THAT NIGHT BY FEDERAL AGENTS WITH THE SUPPORT OF SAPD. I REPRESENT THAT YOUNG MAN AND HE HAD ALREADY WON HIS IMMIGRATION CASE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HE HAS INDEFINITE LEGAL STATUS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY. NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS, NO TIES TO ANY GANGS.

THAT NIGHT HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT AT WORK AND HE WENT TO EAT AT SOME FOOD TRUCKS.

HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR WHEN IT WAS SURROUNDED BY FEDERAL AGENTS.

WITHOUT ASKING HIM ANY QUESTIONS, THOSE AGENTS BUSTED EVERY WINDOW IN HIS CAR EXCEPT FOR THE WINDSHIELD. THEY PULLED HIM OUT, PUT HIM ON A BUS, SHACKLED HIM, CUFFED HIM, AND EVIDENCE OF HIS IMMIGRATION STATUS. WHEN MY CLIENT PRESENTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, ICE SAID THEY WERE FAKE AND THEY PUT HIM IN DETENTION. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE TODAY SINCE THEY WERE NOT IN HIS WALLET WHEN THE WALLET WAS RETURNED TO HIM AFTER WE SECURED HIS RELEASE AFTER FOUR WEEKS IN DETENTION. ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO SUPPORT ICE -- COUNCIL MEMBERS, LET ME TELL YOU MY CLIENT'S LICENSE LOOKS JUST LIKE YOURS. HIS SOCIAL SECURITY CARD LOOKS JUST LIKE YOURS.

HE HAS LEGAL IMMIGRATION STATUS LIKE YOU LIKELY DO. THERE IS NO LEGAL REASON FOR HIM TO BE A TARGET FOR ENFORCEMENT AND HE SPENT FOUR WEEKS IN A PRISON, SEPARATED FROM HIS YOUNG CHILDREN AND STILL STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR MORE THAN $2,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO HIS CAR. DON'T THINK THAT THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE A MANDATE TO LOOK AFTER THE WELL-BEING AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO CALL THE POLICE TO REPORT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. CHILDREN ARE BEING KEPT HOME FROM SCHOOL. THERE'S RISING FOOD INSECURITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. THE WAY ICE IS OPERATING IN THIS COUNTRY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDENTS

OF SAN ANTONIO. >> MAYOR JONES: WILLIAM RIPTO.

CHRISTINA SAN MIGUEL. MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ. >> HI.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM THOMAS RIPTO AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE ANY COOPERATION WITH ICE AND I DARE SAY THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS CITY AND NEVER SET FOOT HERE EVER AGAIN. I HI HAVE A SUPREME COURT CASE WHICH GAVE ICE FREE REIN TO GO AFTER ANYONE WORK SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPING. THREE, WHETHER THEY SPEAK SPANISH OR ENGLISH WITH AN ACSENT. FOUR, THEIR APPARENT RACE OR ETHNICITY. AS JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALL BUT DECLARED THAT LATINO U.S. CITIZENS ARE NOT FAIR GAME TO BE SEIZED AT ANY TIME.

ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CO2020CENSUS, 1.5 MILLION LIVE N SAN ANTONIO, WITH 64% OF THE POPULATION BEING HISPANIC. THAT MAKES AROUND 950,000 SAN ANTONIANS A TARGET TO THESE ILLEGAL ICE RAIDS. ICE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A STATE-SPONSORED TERRORIST AND THERE IS NO COOPERATION, NO NEGOTIATION WITH THESE THUGS, ONLY JUST REMOVAL.

BEFORE Y'ALL DARE TRY TO HIDE BEHIND A 2017, 2023 SENATE BILL 4.

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AND FINALLY, TO ALL ICE AGENTS AND ANYONE CONSIDERING WORKING WITH THEM, IF YOU WANT TO KIDNAP OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, AND OUR FAMILY, COME AND

FUCKING TAKE THEM! >> MAYOR JONES: CHRISTINA SAN MIGUEL.

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ . JOE GARZA. JOE GARZA.

FOLLOWED BY JESSICA LAMBRICK.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JOE GARZA. I'M PART OF DISTRICT 8.

AND I KIND OF WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. SO I GOT HERE ABOUT 12:00 AND I AM, AS YOU KNOW, AGAINST -- I'M FOR ICE.

CAN I RECLAIM MY TIME? OKAY. SO I HAVE BEEN HARASSED OUTSIDE. I HAVE BEEN FAT SHAMED. I HAVE BEEN AGAINST GAYS.

THEY HAVE BEEN HATING ME, CALLING ME FAGGOT AND ALL KIND OF WORDS.

THEY SAY IT'S A ROOM OF LOVE AND IT'S NOT. THEY JUST TRY TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM THEIR FIRST SPEECH, HAVING HERNANDO SPEAK, THAT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. ALSO, THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE DONE WAS I ASKED EVERYBODY -- I TOLD EVERYBODY THEY COULD CUT IN LINE AND NOBODY CUT IN LINE.

IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. NOBODY CUT IN LINE. THAT IS LAW AND ORDER.

THAT IS ORDERLY. SO LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKS, ORDER WORKS AND THE CITY, SAPD, IS OFFERING PARAMETER SECURITY. THEY NEED TO SECURE ICE.

THEY NEED TO SECURE THE PROTESTERS. THEY NEED TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE AND LET ICE DO THEIR JOB. THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY INCIDENTS LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE UNITED STATES.

SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE WORK WITH ICE, NOT AGAINST. WORKING AGAINST ICE IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL AND I HOPE YOU SIGN THE 287G AND COOPERATE.

BALCONES HEIGHTS HAS SIGNED THE 287G AND I HOPE SAPD DOES.

>> BOO!

ORDER. >> DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? YEAH.

IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS ALL DAY. THEY ARE MISREPRESENTING THEMSELVES.

ALL THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT -- I'LL RECLAIM MY TIME.

>> MAYOR JONES: CONTINUE, SIR. >> THANK YOU.

EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION. WE WELCOME IMMIGRATION BUT THEY NEED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THIS IS ALL ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> MAYOR JONES: JESSICA -- LAMBRICK. ORDER! ORDER!

JESSICA LAMBRICK. >> MS. LAMBBRICK HAD TO LEAVE.

>> MAYOR JONES: ABIGAIL STEVENS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR JONES AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING. I AM GOING TO BE RELAYING SOME MESSAGES ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE COMMUNICATED IN SPANISH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THEIR MESSAGING.

COULD I POSSIBLY GET ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE?

>> MAYOR JONES: YOU'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES, SO FOUR MINUTES

TOTAL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS ESMERALDA AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE FAMILIES OUR LEARNING SPACES ARE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS. I'M GOING TO START WITH SHARING DIRECT TESTIMONIALS

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OUR OFFICES ARE LOCATED IN DISTRICT 5 SO WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST MOM HERE.

SCHOOLING WITH MY DAUGHTER. WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF HAPPENING WITH IMMIGRATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF FEAR. I WANT TO TAKE HER COMPLETELY OUT OF SCHOOL BUT I DON'T WANT HER TO STAY WITHOUT AN EDUCATION. SECOND MESSAGE: SPANISH] THIS ONE IS RECENT. I AM VERY AFRAID OF TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL TODAY.

THERE'S REPORTS THAT ICE IS IN THE AREA. THIS IS A FAMILY AND MOM THAT LIVES ON THE BORDER OF BALCONES HEIGHTS AND THE SAISD BORDER.

A THIRD MESSAGE.

THIS ISSUE WITH OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. I AM AFRAID OF SENDING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL -- TO THIS SCHOOL AND TRULY I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I SHOULD KEEP SENDING THEM OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING HERE IS CONFUSION, FEAR, WHAT ARE GUARANTEES OF SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THIS ISN'T JUST IN ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON, THE PARENTS THAT ATTEND SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY. LAST MESSAGE HERE.

GOING TO HAPPEN. OF COURSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD COMPLETELY TEAR US DOWN IS KNOWING THAT SCHOOLS WOULD NO LONGER BE SAFE PLACES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO THESE ARE MESSAGES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING OVER THE COURSE OF, I WOULD SAY SEVEN YEARS I HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC EDUCATOR 20 YEARS. I NOW WORK IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.

I TAUGHT NEWCOMERS, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS IS TERROR THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM FAMILIES THROUGHOUT MY TENURE AS AN EDUCATOR. BUT NEVER TO THIS DEGREE. THESE ARE FAMILIES THAT WON'T BE HERE, THAT CAN'T BE HERE. WE ALSO HAVE EDUCATORS THAT DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING AND SPEAKING HERE JUST BECAUSE OF FEAR OF RETALIATION AND RETRIBUTION IN A STATE LIKE TEXAS. THESE ARE THE WORDS OF OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR FAMILIES. I'M GOING TO ASK IF POSSIBLE THAT REGION 20 OR THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE AREA COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A PROACTIVE PLAN SO THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE MINNEAPOLIS IS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: ABIGAIL STEPHENS.

FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE BENKE AND RIHANNA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ABIGAIL STEPHENS AND I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF MY DEEP LOVE FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE CREATED. I WANT TO BEGIN BY REMINDING YOU ALL OF SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOUR POSITIONS.

YOU WORK FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

WHAT THE PUBLIC SAYS HERE MATTERS MORE THAN ANY PRESSURE FROM THE STATE AND MORE THAN ANY SO-CALLED HIGHER AUTHORITY. SB 8 IS BEING PRESENTED AS SOMETHING YOU MUST COMPLY WITH. EVERY SYSTEM THAT CAUSES HARM IS PRESENTED THE EXACT SAME WAY. OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SELECTIVELY IGNORES LAWS IT FINDS INCONVENIENT SO DON'T YOU DARE EVEN SAY THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE LAW. THIS OBSESSION WITH YOUR LEGALITY IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION WILL BE THE DEATH OF US. THE TRUTH IS YOU HAVE A

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WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE AND YOUR POSITION? WHY ARE YOU IN THAT SEAT? IS IT SO YOU CAN TURN YOUR BACK ON ALL OF US WHILE ICE IS TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITY? IS IT SO YOU CAN KEEP YOUR JOB WHILE OUR NEIGHBORS GET RIPPED OUT OF THEIRS? SO I ASK YOU: ARE YOUR HANDS TRULY TIED OR ARE YOU JUST CHOOSING TO TURN AWAY WHILE ICE IS TYING UP PEOPLE'S ENTIRE BODIES? MAYOR, COUNCIL, NOW IS THE TIME TO CHOOSE.

ANTONIO OR WILL YOU BACK DOWN? COMPLIANCE HAS NEVER PROTECTED PEOPLE. IT NEVER HAS. WHEN SAPD IS PULLED INTO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, YOU DO NOT CREATE SAFETY, YOU FOSTER FEAR.

SAPD CANNOT PROTECT OR SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WHILE HAVING ANY COOPERATION WITH ICE.

YOU STILL HAVE AGENCY. YOU CAN LIMIT COOPERATION. YOU CAN REFUSE TO VOLUNTEER CITY RESOURCES FOR INJUSTICE. WE WOULD NOT BE THE FIRST CITY TO DO SO AND WE WILL NOT BE THE LAST. DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA, CITIES AND LOCAL OFFICIALS CHOSE RESISTANCE OVER COMPLIANCE WHEN STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES ENFORCED DISCRIMINATION. MANY OTHER CITIES CHOSE COMPLIANCE ON THE GROUNDS OF FOLLOWING THE LAW. TRUST ME, HISTORY JUDGED THEM HARSHLY FOR IT. HISTORY REMEMBERS CHOICES AND IT WILL REMEMBER YOURS.

DEBBIE BENKE. VERDIANA? KRISTIN COLTARP? CLAUDIA TORKELSON. JUSTICE MARTINEZ. FOLLOWED BY JANELLE ORTEGA

AND DANIEL HOTAM. >> HELLO. MY NAME'S JUSTIN MARTINEZ, AS YOU JUST SAID. I TAKE PRIDE FROM THAT NAME. SPECIFICALLY JUSTICE.

WHAT I SEE IS A LOT OF INJUSTICE. I SEE A LOT OF THREATS , A LOT OF DISCRIMINATION, RACISM, ALL THIS BS THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.

WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE LIKE IN NEW YORK WHO HAS CONDEMNED ICE AND IS ABLE TO, AS A MAYOR, AS AN ELECTED MAYOR BY HIS COMMUNITY HAS SAID, HEY, THESE PEOPLE ARE THREATENING OUR CITIZENS, OUR PEOPLE. AND SAID, HEY, I DON'T WANT THEM IN MY CITY. YET I HAVE YET HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOU, GINA, A PERSON WHO I VOTED FOR. I'M A CONSTITUENT HERE OF DISTRICT 9.

DID NOT VOTE FOR YOU, MISTY, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU, AFTER HEARING ALL OF THESE CITIZENS, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING CITIZENS, WE HAVE A CHANGE OF MINDSET HERE. WE CAN STAND AGAINST ICE, AGAINST TYRANNY, AGAINST FASCISM. RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE ALL THESE LAWS AND THERE IS PEOPLE MORE QUALIFIED THAN I WHO HAVE SPOKE ON THE LEGALITY OF THIS. BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU HUMAN TO HUMAN.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT OUR CITY. THIS IS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO'S COME OUT HERE TODAY, WHO HAS STOOD FORWARD, PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE. YES, OUR NAME'S ON HERE. ICE, I GUARANTEE DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK, THEY DO NOT CARE. WE ARE PUTTING OURSELVES ON THE LINE TO SPEAK AND VOICE OUR CONCERNS . I HAVE 30 COPS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY ARE THERE 30 COP CARS? DON'T KNOW HOW MANY -- WHY ARE THERE 30 COP CARS DRIVING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD AT 11:30 P.M.

AT NIGHT? THAT'S CRAZY. THAT'S INSANE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THIS FASCISM TO EXIST. I ASK YOU, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, TO DENOUNCE THIS FASCIST REGIME. TO DENOUNCE ICE.

THANK YOU. JANELLE ORTEGA. JANELLE ORTEGA.

DANIEL HOTAM. DANIEL HOTAM FOLLOWED BY BRIAR BARRERA.

>> HELLO. MY NAME IS DANIEL AND I'M A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. BUT THE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS NOT WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING BUT HOW INSPIRED I HAVE BEEN TODAY. AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME UP HERE, WHILE SOMETIMES ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES, I ALSO NOTICED THERE ARE OTHERS SHAKING LIKE A LEAF, NERVOUS. BUT THEY STOOD UP WITH COURAGE IN THEIR HEARTS, DOING WHAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY

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AND THE REASON THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE UP HERE TONIGHT IS WE MUST BE SPURRED INTO ACTION AFTER WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE THERE ARE STEPS THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE TO DO SO. FIRST WE MUST BE SPURRED TO ACTION. AFTER THE KILLING OF NICOLE RENEE GOODE MANY FOLKS ARE WONDERING WHO IS NEXT. IF ONE INNOCENT LIFE CAN BE TAKEN, WHEN WILL ANOTHER BE TAKEN? THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST NICOLE RENEE GOODE BUT MANY FOLKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. LAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR ICE DETENTION AND IN FACT JUST RECENTLY IN THE CAMP EAST MONTANA FACILITY, THERE WAS A DEATH THAT A MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED WAS A HOMICIDE AS A RESULT OF THE FOLKS WORKING IN THAT ICE DETENTION FACILITY. THE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT ARE STANDING UP FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE STUCK IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION, ILLEGAL DETENTION. AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MAMAYOR ORTIZ, YOU ASKED WHETHER THERE WERE STEPS THE CITY COULD TAKE. FOR EXAMPLE, TELLING FOLKS THEIR RIGHTS WHEN SAPD IS INVESTIGATING SOMEONE FOR THEIR IMMIGRATION BACKGROUND.

AND IN FACT THIS IS A POLICY THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IMPLEMENTED, THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED IN 2018. NEARLY EIGHT YEARS AGO. AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ENJOINED BY SB 4. HEARING YOUR POWERLESS TO DO SOMETHING, THOSE ARE STATEMENTS YOU SHOULD PUSH BACK AGAINST AND I'M HAPPY TO HELP AS A RESOURCE WITH

THAT. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: BREYER BARRERA. RUBEN OSTENEGA FOLLOWED BY DAVE WRIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. REAL QUICKLY, FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID. I THINK I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY UNTIL THEIR ABILITY TO STAND TALL AMIDST THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE FACE. I WANT TO FOCUS ON NOT NECESSARILY THE ACTIVITIES OR THE ACTION YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE ONCE WE EXIT THIS MEETING BUT ALSO THE IDEA THAT WE ARE HERE TO CIVICALLY ENGAGE, DEFEND, AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. NOT NECESSARILY JUST FOR THE SAKE OF IMMIGRATION BUT FOR THE SAKE OF HUMAN RIGHTS. AT THIS POINT, LIKE EVERYONE HAS SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN INJURIES, DEATHS, HOMICIDE. BUT HISTORY WILL JUDGE US CORRECTLY IF IN FACT WE DECIDE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. LET'S BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. I WOULD ADVOCATE AND SAY THIS: PLEASE DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH ICE BECAUSE IF WE DO, IF WE DECIDE TO GO FORWARD IN THAT STEP, UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR LARGELY LATINO MAJORITY/MINORITY COMMUNITY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY WITH US. EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A REALITY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT HEARD.

ADVOCATE, TO SPEAK TO THAT. AND LASTLY, I'LL SAY THIS. IT'S CONTROVERSIAL BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, TO ALL THE LATINO MEN WHO ADVOCATE FOR ICE, WHO ADVOCATE FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE, WHO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PREJUDICE THAT WE CALL IMMIGRATION POLICY, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE NEXT TOO. AND THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE MEN STANDING IN THIS HALL TODAY. THEY MUST UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE NO LIMITS TO THIS. WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH ME OR NOT, I SAY THIS: PLEASE HELP DEFEND OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO IT. IT WON'T BE EASY BUT IN ADDITION, WE ARE WITH YOU.

SO BUT IN ADDITION WE'RE WITH YOU. UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE THAT SUPPORT. NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR COWARDS AND PEOPLE THAT

DON'T HAVE SPINES. THANK YOU. >> TIM WRIGHT.

TIM WRIGHT FOLLOWED BY DAVID MALDONADO AND THEN MARY SAUCEDO.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ALL OF OUR VOICES. I WANT TO START OUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE DEATHS OF CITIZENS AT THE HANDS OF -- AT THE HANDS OF ICE, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TWO MAJOR INCIDENTS, ONE WAS 52 MIGRANTS THAT WERE KILLED, LEFT IN THE BACK OF A SEMITRAILER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT WAS DUE TO ILLEGAL TRAFFICKERS BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE IN WITH NO SAFEGUARDS, AND THOSE PEOPLE WERE ALL -- THOSE ARE 52 DEATHS THAT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE.

AND THEN ALSO OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD 300,000 MIGRANT CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN -- GONE MISSING AND WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED.

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AGO HAS BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER OVER 162,000. >>

>> ICE AND HSI HAS BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER CONFIRMED 167,000 OF THOSE MISSING CHILDREN. AND ALL OF YOU HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, YOU HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW.

AND IN THE UNITED STATES, THE RULE OF LAW IS WHAT SEPARATES US FROM CIVILIZATION AND FROM ANARCHY. AND ANARCHY.

AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND GIVEN THE STATE OF THE OPEN BORDERS WE HAD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THE UNPRECEDENTED MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS THAT INVADED THE COUNTRY, THAT YOU NOT ONLY DO THE BARE MINIMUM TO PARTNER WITH PLAN B, WITH SENATE BILL B, AND ALSO 287 -- AND

287, THAT I WOULD -- I WOULD ACTUALLY ADVOCATE. >> MAYOR JONES: ORDER.

ORDER. ORDER. PLEASE FINISH YOUR

SENTENCE, SIR, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

YEAH, BECAUSE THEY INTERRUPTED MY TIME. >> MAYOR JONES: PLEASE

FINISH YOUR SENTENCE. GO AHEAD. >> YEAH.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ACTUALLY NOT ONLY LOOK TO THE BARE MINIMUM TO C COOPERATE WITH ICE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE WITH SAPD AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, BUT TO TRY TO GO TO -- TO THINK OF WAYS TO WORK WITH THEM AND TO MAKE THEIR JOB EASIER --

>> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU, SIR. >> AND TO HELP PROTECT

THEM. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: DAVID MALDONADO? FOLLOWED BY MARY SAUCEDA AND THEN ZACH VIGIL

MINIARD. >> I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE FAST BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAD THREE MINUTES. AMIDST ALL THE OTHER COMMENTER'S EMPIRICAL DATA I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL NOT ONLY DIRECTLY, BUT PERSONALLY. DISTRICT ONE, SUKH KAUR, YOUR PILLARS ARE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, SMALL BUSINESSES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DISTRICT ONE. AND YOU'RE NOT ONLY AWARE, BUT EXTREMELY VOCAL ABOUT HOW ICE AFFECTS YOUR DISTRICT, ITS CONSTITUENTS AND ITS COMMUNITY. DISTRICT TWO, JALEN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, PILLARS ON EQUITABLE INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE REIMAGINATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PREVENT CRIME.

YOU OPENLY ADVOCATE IN YOUR REELECTION CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS NO CONTRACTS WITH ICE AND YOU OPENLY OPPOSED MIGRANT CENTERS IN DISTRICT TWO. DISTRICT THREE, PHYLLIS VIAGRAN, NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WISH SHE COULD HEAR ME. SHE WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, MOVING TO THE SAPD MOVING TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND TO HER ROLE AS A CITY MEMBER COUNCIL. AND I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR HER, BUT HER RESUME CLEARLY SHOWS THAT SAN ANTONIO 'EM BOWED HER ENTIRE CAREER. AGAIN, I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK TO YOUR MOM EVEN FURTHER, BUT MY MOM GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, SO I KNOW HOW PROUD SOUTH SIDE SAN ANTONIANS COULD BE. I ALSO KNOW I COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE HER STANCE ON ICE, I COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE HER STANCE WEATHER FOR OR AGAINST ICE, I CAN ONLY HOPE YOU STAND AGAINST THEM IN TANDEM WITH YOUR BACKGROUND, BUT FRANKLY YOUR LACK OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ON YOUR STANCE IN TANDEM WITH YOUR BACKGROUND ON THEM.

COUNCILMEMBER MUNGIA, -- I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MARC WHYTE SPECIFICALLY. YOU SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPENLY.

AND WHILE I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, YOU CANNOT USE THAT IN TANDEM WITH SUPPORTING ICE. ICE IS NOT A RESPECTABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY.

YOU CALLED THEM DYSTASTEFUL OPENFULLY AND PUBLICLY.

I QUESTION FURTHER WHAT YOU FIND SO DISTASTEFUL ABOUT A PROGRAM CONDEMNING ICE RAIDING SKILLS, YOUR KIDS ATTEND SCHOOLS.

GOD FORBID THAT YOUR -- >> MAYOR JONES: THANK YOU.

YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.

MARY SAUCEDO? MARY SAUCEDO? ZACH VIGIL MINIARD, FOLLOWED BY KNOW WELL ZIGAPELLI AND MELISSA GRA MALDO.

>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ZACH V HILL MINIARDIARD FROM DISTRICT ONE.

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SAPD'S ASSISTANCE IN ICE RAIDS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CLAIM TO PROTECT AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY ARE AIDING IN THE HAR RAASMENT AND ILLEGAL DETAINMENT OF ITS PEOPLE.

ANY ASSISTANT SAPD GIVES TO ICE DEEMS THEM ACCOMPLICES IN THESE ATROCITIES. I PERSONALLY KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY HARASSED BY ICE. I KNOW TEACHER WHOSE HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM, AND I ASK, WHO IS THIS BENEFITING? HOW IS THIS DOING A SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO? OUR VICE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT ICE IS ABOVE THE LAW AND WILL NEVER HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THEIR ATROCITIES.

I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING WORSE FOR OUR CITY OR OUR COUNTRY THAN OUR PEDOPHILE PRESIDENT'S LAWLESS SECRET POLICE CONDUCTING AN ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE GUISE OF MAKING THIS COUNTRY GREAT AGAIN.

I STRONGLY URGE ALL SAN ANTONIO AGENCIES TO CUT TIES WITH ICE, I ASK OUR ELECTED LEADERS TO PRESS AGAINST THE AVID IN TRUMP, WE THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND WE WILL REMEMBER WHO WAS HERE FOR US DURING THESE

TROUBLED TIMES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: NOEL ZAGAPELLI. MARISSA GRA MALDO. FOLLOWED BY JUAN RIVERA

AND DIANA FLORES URIEGOS. >> I AM TRIER R TIRED OF THIS SHOW THAT CONFLATES THIS MEETING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF THIS BODY WAS ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, THEN MARC WHYTE WOULD HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE REVOKED. IF THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WOULD BE CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE ARREST OF RENE ANY GOAL GOOD'S KILLER, JONATHAN ROSS. IF THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WOULD PASS LEGISLATION TO BAN MASKS ON THESE TERRORIST THUGS. IF THIS MEETING WAS ABOUT SAFETY, THE MAYOR WOULDN'T CAPITULATE TO WHITE SUPREMACIST IN THESE CHAMBERS.

BUT THIS COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE ABOUT SAFETY BECAUSE ICE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. ICE DIRECTLY OPPOSES PUBLIC SAFETY. ICE IS A THREAT TO OUR SAFETY, TO ALL OF US.

THEIR VIOLENCE IS INDISCRIMINATE AND ICE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SAFETY BECAUSE ICE IS STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM.

AND LET'S BE CLEAR, IT'S ALSO NOT ABOUT TRUST OR TRANSPARENCY.

IT FEELS A LITTLE PERFORMATIVE WHEN COUNCILMEMBERS WHYTE AND SPEARS MET WITH ICE OFFICIALS LAST WEEK BEFORE EVEN HEARING FROM THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS. I MEAN, ACTUALLY BETWEEN MARC'S TESTING AND SNACK BREAKS, HE'S SPENT MORE TIME WITH ICE OFFICIALS THAN WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY THAT HE CLAIMS TO REPRESENT. WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ICE BUT WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THIS BODY, TOO, FROM THIS COUNCIL. AND WE URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH ORGANIZER WHOSE HAVE BEEN BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR OUR IMMIGRANT SIBLINGS AND TO STOP ACTING LIKE YOUR HANDS ARE TIED.

THERE ARE WAYS TO HONOR THE OATHS THAT YOU TOOK AND PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS HERE TODAY.

AT LEAST THE MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT. MY COUNCIL ISN'T PRESENT. WE DEMAND NO UNITY FOR ICE, NO COLLABORATION

WITH ICE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JUAN RIVERA. FOLLOWED BY DIANA FLORES URIEAGAS AND THEN KEVIN

MICELAND. >> GOOD EVENING, -- I HAD GOOD AFTERNOON EARLIER.

MY NAME IS JUAN RIVERA, I'M IN DISTRICT FOUR. I AM ASKING TODAY FOR US TO PRIORITIZE DIGNITY. I WAS RECENTLY TOLD BY AN EDUCATOR IN EDGEWOOD ISD THAT AN ICE ARREST HAPPENED OUTSIDE AN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS NEXT T TO A CONVENIENCE STORE. MY STATEMENT IS NOT ABOUT CONTESTING FEDERAL AUTHORITY BUT TO PROTECT DIGNITY. THE ISSUE IS WHEN AND WHERE THESE ACTIONS HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY CAN OCCUR RIGHT NEXTS TO OUR SCHOOLS AND PERHAPS HOSPITALS. HOSPITALS I BELIEVE THE CITY CAN VOICE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER WITHOUT BEING LABELED OBSTRUCTIONIST. FOR SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND THE DIGNITIES OF

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IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH FEDERAL LAW, IT WOULD REFLECT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROTECT KIDS. IF THIS ALREADY EXISTS, PLEASE MAKE IT PUBLIC TO ASSURE FAMILIES AND FAMILIES.

THE SUPREME COURT HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, ALL STUDENTS -- THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN UNINTERRUPTED PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN HELP PROTECT THAT PROMISE BY ENSURING SCHOOLS REMAIN SAFE AND STABLE, AND -- SORRY -- AND FOR AT LEAST IN THOSE MOMENTS AVOIDING THE DISTRACTIONS CREATED BY FEDERAL OPERATIONS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, PROTECTING DIGNITY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF OUR CHILDREN, SHOULD COME FIRST.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: DIANA FLORES URIEGAS.

KEVIN MICELAND. KEVIN MICELAND? KYLE SINCLAIR? ANGEL GARZA? USANA SANTIVANAS? SIR, ARE YOU ANGEL GARZA? OKAY. ANGEL GARZA FOLLOWED BY

LUSANA SANTIVANAS. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GINA JONES AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M A HUSBAND, FATHER OF THREE, FROM DISTRICT THREE. I'M A PROUD SON OF THE LATE [INDISCERNIBLE] I'M A LOCAL ARTIST, CREATIVE AND A MUSICIAN. I'M HERE TODAY TO USE MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO HELP MY NEIGHBORS TOO SCARED TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS OUT OF LOVE AND REVERENCE FOR MY CITY AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT CALL IT HOME.

THIS YEAR A GROUP OF ARMED MEN COMPOSED OF CONVICTED FELONS AND GROSS OPPORTUNISTS HAVE MADE AMERICA CITIES MORE UNSAFE AND LEFT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. AND VIOLENCE IN THEIR WAKE.

ICE, UNDER DHS DISAPPEARED 622,000 PEOPLE, BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR 30 PLUS DEATHS -- EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN CRUELTY, SEPARATED CHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS AND FAMILIES. SADLY, OUR FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS PAY FOR THIS BULLSHIT. IT PAYS FOR THIS BULLSHIT.

THIS -- THIS TYRANNICAL MACHINE, BUT THE LOCAL TAXES PAY FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT AND SERVE US. NOW AN UNLAWFUL GROUP IS HERE. SOON YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE.

YOU EITHER BE COMPLICIT IN THIS HISTORICAL SHAME AND STAND UP AND PROTECT THE LAWS OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SWORE AN OATH TO, BUT I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT SIDE OF HISTORY I WILL BE ON. I URGE YOU TO BE STRONG AND BE A FORCE ACTIVELY THAT SUPPORTS LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. PLEASE HOLD THESE LAW BREAKERS ACCOUNTABLE, PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTION, THE UNITED STATES FROM ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. I SAY RISE UP AGAINST THIS INJUSTICE AND THANK

YOU AND GOD BLESS. >> MAYOR JONES: LUCANA SANTIVANAS, ERIKAQUIROS.

JASMIN HERRERA? FOLLOWED BY KRISTEN HOOK AND ANA SMITHERMAN.

>> MY NAME IS JASMIN HERRERA, I'M WITH THE COALITION FOR UNIFIED HOUSING, BOARD MEMBER FOR HWRA AND [INDISCERNIBLE].

I'M JUST GOING TO READ A QUOTE THAT I HAD HEARD. TERRIBLE THINGS ARE

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THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: JASMIN HERRERA, YOU CAN SUBMIT THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SO.

KRISTEN HOOK FOLLOWED BY ANA SMITHERMAN AND CHRIS COONS.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MAYORS. MY NAME IS DR. KRISTEN HOOK.

CONGRESS IN TEXAS' 21ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I HOPE TO REPRESENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE NO ON ANY MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE SAN ANTONIO POLICE COORDINATE WITH ICE. AS A SCIENTIST, I'M REMINEREMINDED OF THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT.

IN THAT STUDY, STUDENTS WERE GIVEN POWER AS GUARDS WITH LITTLE OVERSIGHT AND IT QUICKLY TURNED INTO ABUSE FORCING THE STUDY TO END EARLY.

NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE EVIL, BUT BECAUSE ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY. THAT LESSON MATTERS TODAY.

ICE WAS CREATED UNDER THE GUISE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE, BUT IT IS HAS DONE ANYTHING BUT. THEY'RE OPERATING WITH EXTRAORDINARY AUTHORITY AND ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY, RESULTING IN TERROR ON OUR STREETS, A MOTHER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD, CHILDREN BEING TEAR GASSED, AND NOW DEATH BY STRANGULATION IN EL PASO OF A CUBAN DETAINEE.

ICE CLAIMED THAT WAS SUICIDE, AND IT WASN'T, ACCORDING TO A JUDGE.

AN AGENCY THAT HAS NOTHING TO HIDE WOULDN'T WEAR MASKS, AND THEY WOULDN'T LIE ABOUT DEATHS IN THEIR CUSTODY. IF REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WON'T STOP THE MILITARIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE AGGRESSIVE TARGETING OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AT SCHOOLS AND IN HEALTHCARE FASITIES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP, THEN I IMPLORE YOU TO STOP IT BY VOTING NO ON SAPD COOPERATION WITH ICE. SAN ANTONIO DOESN'T NEED FAMILIES LIVING IN FEAR. PUBLIC SAFETY DEPENDS ON TRUST.

AND WHEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE AFRAID TO CALL 9-1-1, EVERYONE IS LESS SAFE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT IDEOLOGY, THIS IS ABOUT GOVERNANCE. CHOOSE ACCOUNTABILITY, CHOOSE SAFETY AND CHOOSE THE DIGNITY OF SAN ANTONIANS. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR JONES: ANA SMITHERMAN? ANA SMITHERMAN? CHRIS COONS? CHRIS COONS? ERIKA VERSALOVIC? LAVIAN ALMONTE? DIANA HUX? YOUR NAME, PLEASE?

>> ERIKA VERSALOVIC. >> MAYOR JONES: THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE LAVIAN

ALMONTE VOLED DIANA HUX. >> MY NAME IS ERIKA VERSALOVIC I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT HILL AND DISTRICT ONE.

I'M STANDING HERE PLEADING WITH YOU TO PROTECT THOSE WE LOVE.

I'M A VOLUNTEER AT A NONPROFIT THAT COMBATS -- YEAR WE HAVE SEEN CHILDREN SHOW UP ALONE LOOKING FOR FOOD, THEIR PARENTS TOO AFRAID TO COME, COMING TO THE DOOR TO DROP OFF FOOD, A CHILD SAID TO ME, KNOCKS ON THE DOOR MAKE MY MOM TREMBLE IN FEAR, INSTEAD CAN YOU TAP YOUR FINGERS ON THE WINDOW LIKE A SONG. I TALK TO PARENTS TERRIFIED EACH MORNING WHEN THEIR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL, INCREASINGLY

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ALL OF US HERE KNOW THERE IS MORE THAT WE CAN DO TO COMBAT ICE'S PRESENCE AND PROTECT THIS CITY. AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PASSED ITS FREEDOM CITY POLICIES TO PREVENT THE RISK OF ICE DEPARTMENT UPON ARREST FOR MINOR MISDEMEANORS, REQUIRES OFFICERS TO ADVISE EVERYONE OF THEIR BASIC RIGHRIGHTS. AS A LIFELONG TEXAN, I KNOW THAT THE OPPRESSIVE POWER OF STATE POLITICS CAN BE OVERWHELMINGLY RESTRAINING, BUT AS SAN ANTONIANS, WE ARE ALSO CUTELY AWARE OF THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE CARE AND THE AGENCY THAT CAN BE FOUND WHEN WE'RE WILLING TO BE SCRAPPY, CREATIVE, PERSISTENT AND UNYIELDING, IT IS THIS WORK THAT I CALL YOU ALL

TO TODAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: LAVIATHIN

ALMONTE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS LAVIAN ALMONTE, BORN AND RAISED SAN ANTONIO. SOUTH SIDE SAN ANTONIO REPRESENT.

I WANT TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE DISGUSTING ATROCITIES THAT ICE HAS BEEN COMMITTING AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT THE REST OF YOU ACTUALLY THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THIS, SEEING THAT WE HAVE PROOF, VISUAL PROOF, TIME AND TIME AGAIN, EVEN JUST TESTIMONIES FROM PEOPLE, THAT ICE IS JUST UNJUST AND UNLAWFUL AND WILL KILL ANYBODY THEY SEE FIT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE LAW IS, THEY HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW THE LAW. AND IT IS DISCOURAGING AND DISGUSTING TO GO OUTSIDE AND SEE MY NEIGHBORHOODS BECOMING EMPTY BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO AFRAID THAT THEY'RE EITHER GOING TO GET SHOT OR DEPORTED, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR COUNTLESS YEARS.

AND IT IS DISGUSTING SEEING THAT MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS -- I WAS TOLD THAT MY HIGH SCHOOL WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF ANOTHER ICE RAID.

FOR WHAT? THEY'RE JUST KIDS TRYING TO LEARN.

WHAT THREAT COULD THEY POSSIBLY POSE? GANG VIOLENCE? WHAT GANGS? WHAT PROOF? IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP US SAFE. HOW IS COLLABORATING WITH LITERAL FASCISTS SAFE? AND LET ME REMIND PEOPLE THAT, YES, IT MAY BE REM INNOCENCE OF NAZI, GERMANY, BUT AMERICA DID IT FIRST, BECAUSE AMERICA WOULD TEAR GAS IMMIGRANTS AT THE BORDER AND IT DID NOT STOP UNTIL THE '70S. MEXICANS, LATINO AMERICANS WERE BEING TEAR GASSED, THEY WERE BEING STRIPPED, BEATEN, ABUSED AND RAPED AT THE BORDER TRYING TO GET A BETTER LIFE IN AMERICA, AND THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO THEM? AND WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN TODAY AFTER WE STRIDE TO END IT BACK IN THE '70S? ALL THAT I ASK IS THAT WE DO NOT COLLABORATE WITH

ICE, AT ALL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: DIANA HUXEK. LINDSAY ANDREWS? SARIA SINTENO.

ISABEL HERRERA? YOUR NAME, PLEASE? >> SARIA SINTENO.

>> MAYOR JONES: PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> IF I MAY HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO TRY TO TRANSLATE MY SPEECH IN SPANISH, IF THAT'S OKAY

WITH YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME.

WHEN I WAS IN LITTLE, I USED TO GET ALL EXCITED WHEN MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POLICE OFFICERS WENT TO HOLES A PROGRAM CALLED THERE.

IT WAS TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM THE DANGERS OF DRUGS.

I USED TO THINK IT WAS ADMIRABLE HOW THE POLICE OFFICERS FOUGHT CRIME.

I USED TO LOOK UP FOR THEM. FOR ME, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE MEANT TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM.

NO MATTER WHO THEY WERE, WHERE THEY'RE FROM, WHERE THEY WERE BORN, WHOM THEY LOVED OR WHAT BELIEFS THEY HAD. WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IN

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A FAMILY WOULD GET TORN APART AND DESTROYED FOR THIS.

CHILDREN WILL GET TRAUMATIZED FOR LIFE. THE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE THAT THIS IS CAUSING TO HUMAN BEINGS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY IS UNBEARABLE.

WHEN WILL THE COMMUNITY BE ABLE TO TRUST THE POLICE OFFICER IF THEY START COOPERATING WITH ICE? WHEN WILL PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO ASK FOR HELP IF THE HELP BECOMES A DANGER? MY ADMIRATION AND RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IS SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WITH, BUT THIS KIND OF POLICIES WILL MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO CONTINUE HAVING. WE HAVE LIVED AMONG IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES AND MOST OF THEM ARE HARD-WORKING, DECENT HUMAN BEINGS WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORDS, WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING, WHO ARE BUILDING AND HELPING OUR ECONOMY. WE DON'T NEED TO BE A BLUE STATE TO START MAKING A CHANGE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.

INSTEAD OF DIVIDING, DISCRIMINATING OR BRINGING FEAR, WHY NOT MAKE PROGRAMS TO BRING US MORE TOGETHER. LET'S GROW TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. LET'S MOVE FORWARD, NOT BACKWARDS..

>> OF YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> ISABELLE HIDARA. >> I'M ISABELLE, AND I'M

ALLOCATING MY TIME TO RUBY. >> RUBY HIMENEZ.

OKAY. FOLLOWED BY JONAH, WILSON, LEOS. YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS RUBY, I'M A CONSTITUENT IN DISTRICT 3. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS TO DEMAND A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TRANSPARENCY FOR ICE AFTER THE RAID OF NOVE NOVEMBER 16.

SINCE THEN, WE FOUND OUT THE DRUG CHARGES LED TO THE RAID WERE DROPPED, AND STILL DETAINED PEOPLE DETAILS ARE UNKNOWN. IF YOU LOOK UP THE OPER OPERATION, YOU'LL SEE WORDS LIKE ALLEGED, BELIEVED TO B BE, THINGS LIKE THAT, WITH NO EVIDENCE TO DATE OF GANG AFFILIATION. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY A FEDERAL AGENCY THAT RECEIVES $45 BILLION PER YEAR NOW NEEDS CITY RESOURCES TO CARRY ANYTHING OUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY SB4 I BEING BROUGHT UP AS AN EXCUSE T REPORT FEDERAL AGENCY THAT MURDERED AN UNARMED WOMAN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH NO INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE CONSIDER THA SB4 SAYS WE CAN'T PASS LAWS INHIBITING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, NOT BECK AND CALL AND THROW CITY TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT EVERY WHIM AND ACCUSATION

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PASS A MANDATE FOR REPORTING TO -- PASS A MANDATE FOR REPORTING WITHIN 7 IT 2 HO HOURS OF ANY JOINT ENFORCEMENT, THAT DOESN'T STOP THEM FROM SHOWING UP TO THE COURTHOUSE AND MEETING QUOTAS OF SEPARATING FAMILIES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THAT WOULDN'T PROHIBIT THE VERY IMMORAL THINGS THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, BUT IT REALLY IS THE BARE MINIMUM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.

I TOOK TIME OUT OF MY WORKDAY TO ASK YOU FOR THE BARE MINIMUM BECAUSE OF THE TEAR THAT I, MY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING, A BIT OF A FRACTION OF WHAT OUR U UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLES LIVED REALITIES ARE. THERE'S A PROFOUND AMOUNT OF GRIEF IN THIS CITY BY THE WAY PEOPLE ARE BEING TRE TREATED, AND IF YOU'RE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO BE R REMOVED FROM IT, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

JUST TWO NIGHTS AGO A WOMAN ASKED WHERE ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS DURING THE PROTEST HELD OUTSIDE ON THESE STREETS, AND IT'S A COMMON QUESTION.

WHAT I WANT IS THE ABO ABOLIABOABOLISHMENT OF ICE, BUT LOT OF US IN THIS ROOM WERE AROUND WHEN ICE DID NOT EXIST, SO IT'S NOT A I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONSTRAINT AT THE LOCAL LEVELS, SO I'VE GIVEN YOU EXAMPLES OF HOW TO ALLEALLEVIATE MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY.

SO I HOPE WE DON'T CONTINUE TO HEAR THIS BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA IS NOT FAR REMOVED FROM US, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PEOPLE BEING DETAINED OVER THERE ARE BEING BROUGHT TO DETENTION CENTERS HERE IN TEXAS.

NOT GIVEN ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE, NOT BEING FED PROP PROPERLY, AND LAST TIME I CHECKED, 47 IS ACTIVELY S SAYING HE DOESN'T NEED TO FOLLOW COURTED ORERS, SO WE'RE PLAYING BY VERY DIFFERENT RULES HERE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE NEED TO GET CREATIVE, AND TO DO SOMETHING AND TO TAKE ACTION CAN SEEM RISKY, BUT THE BIGGER RISK AT THIS STAGE IS FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO STAND BY AND DO NOTHING. SO THANK YOU.

>> JONAH WILSON LEOS. JONAH.

FOLLOWED BY COY ROKA, AND THEN ISOLE.

>> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS JONAH, AND MY FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THIS CITY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS.

I'M NOT JUST A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 9, THIS IS MY HOME. AFTER TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, I BEGAN ORGANIZING WITH OTHERS IN MY COMMUNITY BECAUSE I KNEW THAT HIS RHETORIC AGAINST SOUTH AMERICANS WOULD LEAD TO MY NEIGHBORS BEING IN TROUBLE, AND IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE TRUMP WAS INAUGURATED, AND IN THAT YEAR, WE'VE SEEN THESE MEN COME INTO THE CITY AND TERRORIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TERRORIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH COME POLICE ITTY FROM YOU GUYS.

AND FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THEY TELL US ICE IS HERE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, YET TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE WITNESS THEM BRING CHAOS INTO COMMUNITIES, BRING CHAOS BY REFUSING TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.

BRING CHAOS BY REFUSING TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND BRING CHAOS BY UNLAWFULLY FORCING PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND BY LAWFULLY FORCING THEIR WAY INTO BU BUILDINGS AND KIPPING PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANT, SAN ANTONIO IS KNOWN AS MILITARY CITY, CITY OF LAW AND ORDER, BUT WHAT ICE IS DOING IS NOT LAWFUL, WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR IMMIGRANT BROTHERS AND CI CICSISTERS IS NOT LAWFUL.

WHEN WILL OUR LEADERSHIP COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS, WHY IS IT UP TO THE CONSTITUENCY TO DO THIS FOR YOU.

AND SO YOUR CONSTITUENTS DEMAND THAT YOU REQUIRE SAPD TO INFORM PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS.

YOUR CONSTITUENCY DEMANDS THE SAPD SUBMIT A REPORT ANYTIME THEY COLLABORATE WITH ICE, AND THAT INCLUDES HOW MANY OFFICERS WERE INVOLVED, WHAT OTHER SAN ANTONIO DEPARTMENTS WERE INVOLVED, AND HOW MUCH MONEY WAS USED. BUT LET'S BE CLEAR.

WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO LEGISLATE OUR PRESENTATION, WE'RE DEMANDING THAT YOU STOP PARTICIPATING IN IT.

AND THIS IS THE BARE MINIMUM WE ASK OF YOU.

THE BARE MINIMUM. >> COY ROKA, FOLLOWED BY I

ISOLE AND PRESS TOON. >> HOW YOU DOING COUNCILMEMBERS? MAYOR ORTIZ? DO WE NEED ANOTHER RECESS YET?

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THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT DON'T KNOW WHEN OR IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK HOME, AND THERE'S ENOUGH FEAR IN KIDS, AND NOW WITH ICE, A STRAIGHT UP INVITATION TO OUR CITIES, STUDENTS AT RISK HAVE ANOTHER TRAUMATIZING PRESENCE TO FACE, BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS NOT KNOWING IF THEY'RE MAKING IT HOME FROM BEING DETAINED OR IF THEY GET HOME, IF THEY'LL HAVE THEIR HARD WORKING PARENTS HOME OR NOT, ESPECIALLY HOW VIOLENTLY RAMPANT THEY'VE BEEN ACTING IN COMMUNITIES TO ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR, REGARDLESS OF DOCUMENTATION STATUS. TEARING FAMILIES APART FOR THE SAKE OF KEEPING THOSE WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION SAFE. IT'S NO LONGER LEGAL.

IT'S A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. WE'RE RAISING A GENERATION WHERE ALL THEY KNOW IS HOW TO SURVIVE, NOT LIVE SO HOW DARE YOU. YOU CLAIM YOUR CORPORATION WITH ICE IS PROTECTING LATINO IN SAN ANTONIO.

HOW DARE YOU SEE UNMARKED VEHICLES AT DISMISSAL AS ANYTHING BUT HUMANE. HOW DARE YOU SWEAR UP AND DOWN THAT SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES IS A NECESSARY EVIL. HOW DARE YOU CONTINUE TO NOT SUPPORT THESE ACTS OF TERRORISM, BUT AID IN DOING SO. THIS CITY IS BUILT IS RUN BY LATINOS AND HOW DARE YOU NOT HAVE A BACKBONE TO PROTECT THEM FROM SUCH HEINOUS ACTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

>> ISA LEE FOLLOWED BY PR PRESSTON REE CO, AND THEN

BRETT. >> HI I'M ISOLE.

GOOD EVENING. MAMAYOR JONES AND COUNCILMEMBERS. LIKE MANY HERE I SEE ICE AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. AND IT HAS BEEN.

I WANT TO SEE IT ABO ABOLISHED, BUT I'M HERE TODAY TO ANSWER OUR CALL TO DOING SOMETHING CONCRETE.

PUSH TO YOUR LIMITS OF CREATIVITY.

MAKE AN EFFORT TO HOLD OUR CITY ACCOUNTABLE, MEET US HALFWAY AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO ESTABLISH A CITY ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES CITY APPROVAL IN A SPECIFIC WARRANT BEFORE ANY RESOURCES ARE USED AND ANY FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT, FULL TRANSPARENCY OF ANY JOINT OPERATION, DISCLOSE WHO WAS DETAINED AND WHY.

AND THAT FEDERAL AGENTS PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION, ADVANCED WARRANT DISCLOSURE, AND POST OPERATION REPORTS.

MANY HERE TODAY ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH YOU IN GOOD FAITH TO ESTABLISH THE CITY ORDINANCE.

OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK, UNPAID AND UNCALLED AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY.

TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND AREN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SHOULDER THIS BURDEN, AND AT BARE MINIMUM. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW HOW OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE USED FOR JOINT OPERATIONS.

IT'S WORTH REMINDING THAT U UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE TO THESE DOLLARS. NEARLY ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL REVENUE IN 2022 ALL WHILE BEING SHUTOUT FROM THE PROGRAMS THESE TAXES FUND. WITHOUT CITY ORDINANCE ME MEETING COMMUNITY DEMANDS, YOU SIGN OFF ON THE TERRORISM OUR COMMUNITIES FACE EVERY DAY.

PLEASE TAKE COURAGE AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

DO IT FOR THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN WALKING OUT OF SCHOOL THIS WEEK TO PROTEST ICE TERROR, AFRAID TO BE AT SCHOOL, AND AFRAID FOR THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CONCRETE FROM YOU.

THANK YOU.

THE ECONOMY IS IN CRISIS, WHEN CAPITALISM IS IN CRI CRISIS, WE HAVE HAD OUR ELITES, THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS WITH THE MEDIA THAT THEY OWN SPREAD FEAR AND COMMIT VIOLENCE TO IMMIGRANTS. WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOOD WE WELCOME IMMIGRANTS TO EXPLOIT THEIR LABOR, BUT WHEN IT'S DOWN, OUR GOVERNMENT AND THOSE IN POWER HAVE ALWAYS MURDERED AND SPREAD FEAR TO IMMIGRANTS AND DEPORTED TH THEM. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A SETTLER COLONIAL NATION WITH NO FOUNDATION TO TALK OF IMMIGRANTS.

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WILL WE CHOOSE OURSELVES, THE PEOPLE, OR REMAIN IN FEAR AND NOT FIGHT BACK? EVERYONE SAW AN ICE OFFICER SHOOT A MOTHER, RENEA GOOD IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD IN COLD BLOOD TO START OFF OUR YEAR, AND THE NEXT THING HE SAID WAS FUCKINGBITCH.

THAT LEADS US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS US TO HAPPEN IT AGAIN.

EXPECT US TO GET MURDERED AND PUT UP WITH IT, AND IT'S YA'LL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT LEAD THE WAY, IT'S ACTUALLY TO GET BEHIND THE PEOPLE AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THE PEOPLE TO STSTAND UP AND FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

THANK YOU. >> JEOMARA VAZALDURA, GARY CHICK.

GARY CHICK. BECCA NIJERA, FOLLOWED BY TORI RAMIREZ.

>> THANK YOU. I READ THROUGH THE COMMENTS ON YOUR WEBSITE.

AND I SEE MANY PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VIOLENCE UP IN MINNEAPOLIS.

I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS UP THERE IS THEY'RE NOT -- THE LOCAL OFFICIALS AREN'T COOPERATING WITH ICE. IF THEY WOULD ALLOW ICE TO GO IN AND TAKE THE CRIMINALS IN THE JAILS INSTEAD OF RELEASING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITIES, THEN ICE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO IN AND EXTRACT THEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, CREATING THAT SITUATION, AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE THE MOBS THAT ARE BEING HIRED TO GO IN THERE AND CREATE CHAOS AND VIOLENCE. MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THAT'S NOT TRUE.

ICE IS GOING AFTER SOME VERY SERIOUS CRIMINALS, MURDERS, CHILD MOLESTERS, RAPISTS.

DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, AND THEY NEED TO BE DEPO DEPORTED.

BUT EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT COMES ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY IS A CRIMINAL.

AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CAME ACROSS DURING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE DEPORTED. NOW, JUST BECAUSE SOME AREN'T CREATING OR AREN'T DOING SERIOUS VIOLENT CRI CRIMES, THEY'RE DOING SERIOUS CRIMES.

WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MINNEAPOLIS, THE FRAUD FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. THERE'S FRAUD IN SNAP PROGRAMS, LITERALLY STEALING FOOD FROM THE MOUTHS OF HUNGRY CHILDREN.

FRAUD WITH THE LEERING CENTERS, FRAUD WITH TRANSPORTATION SERVICE, HOME HEALTHCARE. THEY COST -- THEY COST TEXAS OVER $1 BILLION IN HEALTHCARE LAST YEAR. AND THEY SAY THEY'RE JUST WORKING AND THEY'RE DOING JOBS THAT AMERICANS WON'T D DO, BUT THEY ARE DOING JOBS THAT AMERICANS WANT.

CONSTRUCTION JOBS, FRAMERS, ELECTRICIANS, PLUMBERS, AND VERY GOOD JOBS.

THOSE WERE ALWAYS GOOD JOBS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE COOPERATE WITH ICE AND LET THINGS RUN AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLY.

THANK YOU. >> BECCA NIJERA. BECCA NIJERA.

TORI RAMIREZ. FOLLOWED BY BENTLY BIEZ, AND THEN MOLLY.

>> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TORI, I AM A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT 8. HUNDREDS -- I MEAN, IT'S SAFE TO SAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT HERE TODAY TO ATTEND THIS SPECIAL SESSION.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 100 NOW, BUT, AGAIN, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT HERE ON A TUESDAY, A WOR WORKDAY, SACRIFICING THEIR TIME, THEIR PTO TO LET THIS BODY KNOW THAT WE NEED A COMMITMENT FROM YA'LL. WE ALSO HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS THIS PAST TUESDAY ON THOSE STEPS BACK THERE.

A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE ON THE STREETS ON JANUARY 10, ON THE STREETS OVER THERE.

AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ARE ACROSS THE CITY ORGANIZING WALKOUTS.

THE PEOPLE ARE MOBILIZED, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, AND THEIR MESSAGE IS CLEAR.

ICE OUT OF THE SAN ANTONIO. WE NEED MORE THAN ONE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING. WHAT WE NEED IS A GUARANTEE THAT THIS BODY WILL STAND UP

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TRULY AND IN GOOD FAITH. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BENTLY BAEZ. BENTLY BAEZ FOLLOWED BY MOLLY, AND THEN VALUEN TEEN.

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M BENTLY BAEZ RESIDENT OF COUNCIL DISTRICT 2. I'M NOT HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE PEOPLE DEMAND. YOU'VE HEARD IT ALL DAY.

IT'S BEEN REPEATED COUNTLESS TIMES TODAY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN? PEOPLE ARE DYING. FAMILIES ARE LOSING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. BUT YA'LL HAVE YET TO USE YA'LL'S PLATFORMS TO PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENCY. IF YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, STOP ALLOWING STATE SPONSORED KIDNAPPINGS, AND ALL TIES, ALL CONTRACTS WITH ICE TODAY.

IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, PASS A MORATORIUM TO PRIORITIZE SAPDS FOCUS ON REAL CRIME LIKE ICE U UNCONSTITUTIONALLY TERR TERRORIZING COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS AND RESTRICT ALL CITY RESOURCES FROM ASS ASSISTING IN OUR COUNTRY'S DECENT TOWARDS FASCISM.

ORDER SAPD TO STOP DOING THE DIRTY WORK AND PROTECT THEM FROM THUGS TERRORIZING OUR STREETS. THE TIME FOR LOOKING OVER IT IS OVER, WE WANT ACTION OR WE WANT YOU OUT. WE HAVE ALL SEEN HOW INHUMANELY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TREATED BY ICE, AND SOME OF US HAVE SEEN IT FIST HAND. LAST WEEK I WALKED MULTIPLE FAMILIES WALK INTO USUAL CHECK-INS TO NEVER WALK OUT. VANISHING WITH NO TRACE.

PEOPLE ARE ANGRY, AND WE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE EVERY REASON TO FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES, AND THEY WILL DO EXACTLY THAT IF YOU REFUSE TO COMPLY. THIS IS NOT A THREAT, IT'S A PROMISE, THE PEOPLE WILL STAND UP AND THE PEOPLE WILL FIGHT BACK. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT A 2 21-YEAR-OLD LIKE ME HAS TO STAND UP HERE AND TELL YOU HOW TO DO THE JOB YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. THE REFUSAL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO ACT ON BOTH SIDES IS WHY I'M THE ONLY SOCIALIST COUNTY IN DISTRICT 20.

IF A 21-YEAR-OLD HAS MORE BACKBONE TO STAND UP FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAN THE PEOPLE SITTING IN THOSE CHAIRS, THAN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PROFESSION.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: MOLLY. MOLLY FOLLOWED BY VAL

VALENTINE, AND THEN VERONICA DAVIS. >> I'M CATHOLIC, VIA MY MOM AND DAD. IT'S A CULTURAL FAMILY TH THING.

MEXICAN-AMERICAN FROM MY D DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY, AND 50% INDIGENOUS WITH M MOM'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. AND OF COURSE, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, THE LAST PART IS IMPORTANT TO SAY. I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. BORN AND RAISED.

I HAVE BEEN HIT HARD IN A REAL, RAW, PERSONAL WAY THE OTHER NIGHT, FINISHING RIDE SHARE WORK THAT I DO. TWO UNIDENTIFIABLE, UNMARKED SUVS BEGAN TO FOLLOW ME IN THE STREETS. I STUPIDLY WENT FROM ONE FORM OF POLICE WANNA BEES DRIVEN BY RACIAL ABUSE BY ANOTHER POLICE OPPRESSION ROOTED IN THE SAME TYPE OF SYSTEM. I GUESS I WAS LUCKY THE SUBSTATION WAS NOT BACONI HEIGHTS, CASTLE HILL OR SA SAPD. SO THE TWO SUVS BACKED WAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME. YOU HAVE THE POWER, MADAM MAYOR, TO DECLARE WHEN SHIT

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TELL ICE TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF THIS CITY. YOU'VE BEEN SEEING SOCIAL MEDIA, I'M SURE. IF YOU CONTINUE TO LET ICE, SAPD WORK WITH THEM, THERE IS A HELL OF A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BOYCOTT FIESTA AND THE RODEO TRUST.

TRUST. ALSO, PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE UNHOUSED MILITARY VETERANS ON THE STREETS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY ICE IN OTHER CITIES LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OTHERS. THIS IS POVERTY AND RACIAL CLEANSING.

>> VALENTINE MUNTALVO. VERONICA DAVIS. FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP MAN THAT AN

KATHY MANNA. >> HI, GUYS, HELLO, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL TIRED.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, AND I PROMISE WE'RE HIRE H TIRED TOO. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2, MY NAME IS VERONICA. I'M A SENIOR LECTURER IN UNIVERSITIES.

I AM ALSO LICENSED BY THE STATE TO ASSESS SAFETY, RI RISK, AND HEALTH.

I TEACH PEOPLE OFTEN HOW IMPACT, IN FACT, MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTENTION.

YOU MUST KNOW CURRENT INTENTIONS DO NOT ERASE THE HARMFUL IMPACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN HEARING IN OUR VOICES TODAY AND EVERY DAY. BECAUSE IT WON'T BE AND HAS NOT BEEN YOU WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND TAKING CARE OF THOSE IMPACTED BY YOUR N NONNEUTRAL INTENTIONS, I SPEAK FOR MY COMMUNITY, I SPEAK FOR MY ANCESTORS, I SPEAK FOR MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MYSELF, I ALSO SPEAK FOR MY CLIENTS RES RESIDING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND MY STUDENTS, WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS, AND GROWING INTO BECOMING VOTERS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE HEALTH OF THIS COMMUNITY RESTS IN YOUR HANDS, AND AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALREADY SICK, SICK WITH WORRY FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, SICK WITH FEAR THAT WE MAY NOT COME HOME, SICK WITH EXHAUSTION FROM HYPER VIGILANCE. BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY AND CONSISTENTLY LOOKING OVER OUR SHOULDERS TO HOLD ON TO ANY SENSE OF SECURITY. IT FEELS IT'S FADING, IT'S DRAINING. YOU, OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS -- MAY I FINISH? ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST SKIP AHEAD AND SAY THAT WE MUST NOT ALLOW PA PARTY, POWER OR PRIVILEGE TO OVERRIDE MORALS, AS IT HAS ALREADY AFFECTED MORALE.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IS A POWERHOUSE OF CULTURE, CULTURE THAT IS BEING R REMOVED FROM US WITH EACH HUMAN HIS TAKEN. HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU.

>> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PHILLIP MANNA, KATHY M MANNA, IS SHE GIVING YOU TIME. SHE HAS TO BE HERE TO GIVE IT TO YOU, SIR. SO TWO MINUTES FOR YOU. AND THEN DEBBIE .

>> SHE LEFT AS WELL. >> SO WE CERTAINLY SPEND A LOT OF ENERGY TRYING TO CONSERVE, PRESERVE, AND SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, AND HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

I WAS ASKED BY A PRIOR SPEAKER TO ASK YA'LL TO CODIFY SITE AND RELEASE AND MAKE THIS POLICY OF THE CURRENT DA INTO LAW. IT HAS KEPT 13,000 PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL SINCE 2019 AND IS CRUCIAL TO REDUCING ICE CONTACT.

AS I UNDERSTAND IF, YOU GET A TICKET THAT IS YOUR ARREST NOTICE AND THEN REPORT IN PERSON AT A LATER DATE. SO THIS SOLVES SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE S SEEING. AUSTIN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED THIS POLICY, SEEMS TO BE WORKING WE WELL.

CHANGING TOPICS. SO WE'VE BEEN HOSTING A VOTER REGISTRATION TABLE AT NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND WHILE ON

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I FEEL FOR THOSE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS AND ALL OF THEM, AND SO THIS IS JUST A HORRIBLE PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW. LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE ALL SCARED, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THIS.

SO HELP, PLEASE. >> FRANK ARONA. FRANKIE ARONA.

FRANKIE. ONE OF YOU? OKAY.

FOLLOWED BY GAB REE YELL AND THEN MARGARET WOOD. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING.

FIRST, I'M WITH THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT OF CENTRAL TEXAS, DISTRICT 6.

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY IS MORE OF A REMINDER. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S JOB IS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY. NOT TO DISRUPT COMMUNITIES, ENFORCE FEAR OR PARTICIPATE IN VIOLENCE AND CONTINUED I INJUSTICES. YET, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING NORMALIZED ACROSS THE CITY AND IN THIS COUNTRY THROUGH UNNECESSARY COLLABORATION WITH ICE. THERE IS NO HUMAN DECENCY IN ICE'S APPROACHES.

WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS. CIVIL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATING, AND THE CITY SHOULD NOT ALLOW PUBLIC SERVICES OR PUBLIC RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN THOSE VIOL VIOLATIONS. FROM AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS ISSUE RUNS EVEN DEEPER. NATIVE PEOPLE, DESCENDENTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA HAVE AN INHERIT RIGHT TO MOVE FREELY ACROSS THESE LANDS AND TERRITORIES LONG BEFORE BORDERS EXISTED. BORDERS DID NOT CREATE OUR NATIONS, AND THEY DO NOT ERASE OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO LAND MOVEMENT OR TO ONE ANOTHER. TODAY, WE ARE WATCHING OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, COWO COWORKERS, AND NEIGHBORS BEING RIPPED OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE STAND WITH OUR RELATIVES, AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR SAN ANTONIO PARTICIPATING IN UNNECESSARY COLLABORATION WITH THE VIOLENCE OF ICE. LET'S BE CLEAR, THE LAW -- CURRENT LAWS DO NOT REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH ICE, WARRANTS, AN ICE WARRANT IS NOT SIGNED BY A JUDGE, IT IS NOT A CRIMINAL WARRANT, IT IS AN INTERNAL ICE DOCUMENT.

PLEASE DO NOT HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ARREST OR HOLD SOMEONE BASED ON AN ICE WARRANT ALONE. CONFUSING THESE LEADS TO U UNLAWFUL DETENTION, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, LEGAL LIABILITY FOR THE CI CITY, AND A BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNITY TRUST, FEAR IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY, PLEASE DO NOT HELP NORMALIZE THE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE BY ICE. PUBLIC SAFETY MUST BE ROOTED IN HUMAN DIGNITY,

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND TRUST. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: GABRIEL SAN MIGUEL.

FOLLOWED BY MARGARET WOOD. AND JENNIFER MARY.

PLEASE LINE UP. >> HELLO, COUNCIL, MA MAYOR.

MY NAME IS GABRIEL SAN MIGUEL. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.

THEY HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

THEY HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST POLICE BRUT BRUTALITY.

THEY HAVE STOOD UP AGAINST EVERY TYPE OF I INJUSTICE AND STOOD FOR THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR THEM. BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON CITY COUNCIL, I I -- I CHALLENGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WHAT THE CITY WAS LIKE 50 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE NONE OF YOU WOULD BE ON CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME IF IT WASN'T FOR THE WORK OF MY PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU, YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO STOOD -- WHOSE SHOULDERS YOU NOW STAND ON. SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHEN THEY GET HERE, AND THEY START TO TARGET OUR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, WHAT SIDE ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON? ARE YOU GOING TO HONOR THE ANCESTORS? ARE YOU GOING TO HONOR THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU THAT MADE -- THAT PAVEED THE WAY SO THAT YOU COULD SIT HERE TODAY AND STAND WITH MY ORGANIZATION AS WE STAND AGAINST THEM? OR WILL WE REMAIN SIL

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SILENT? THANK YOU. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: MARGARET WOOD. MARGARET WOOD. FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER MARY AND AUDREY MUHL MUHLLAND. PLEASE LINE UP.

>> HOWDY. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY COVER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAVE. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWERED.

CAN OFF DUTY SECTION APD WORK FOR ICE? AND IS THE DETENTION CENTER CURRENTLY ACTIVE AND PREPARED FOR THE POWER OUTAGES AND FREEZING WEATHER WE'LL HAVE. I WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE ICE SUP SUPPORTERS IN THE ROOM, WHOEVER IS LEFT.

I HAPPEN TO BE FRIENDS WITH MICHAEL PINA, A YOUNGER BROTHER OF KRISTI SUE PINA, A NAME YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH.

HER BROTHER SPEAKS AT ANTIIMMIGRATION RALLIES HOSTED BY TRUMP.

I THINK IF YOU'RE SOMEONE SYMPATHETIC WITH THAT, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PRIMARY VICTIMS OF THOSE CRIMES ARE THE SAME VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES BEING TAR TARGETED BY ICE. SO IF THEY ARE, YOU KN KNOW, SURVIVORS, THEY WON'T FEEL SAFE COMING TO YOU OR TO ANY ICE COLLABORATOR. FINALLY, AS MUCH AS I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COUNCIL'S STANCE ON THINGS, I AM ELATED WITH THE OUTTURN OF, YOU KN KNOW, PUBLIC SUPPORT, BUT PARTICULARLY, DISTRICT 6 WHERE I COME FROM. I DO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'LL BE TIRED WHEN WE GO HOME TONIGHT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SPEAK TO OUR NEIGHBORS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOOD FOR THIS WEEKEND, AND IT'S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH THAT RAPPORT FOR WHAT WE'RE ALL -- WHAT MOST OF US ARE HERE FOR TO TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: JENNIFER MARY. JENNIFER MARY.

AUDREY MUHOLLAND. AUDREY MUHOLLAND. DAWN MATHIS.

DAWN MATHIS. LAUREN DAVIS. LAUREN DAVIS.

BRIAN DELEON. BRIAN DELEON LAURA FA FARIAS.

OKAY. FOLLOWED BY JOSE PEREZ. FOLLOWED BY JOSE PEREZ

AND JESSICA TOLBY. PLEASE LINE UP. >> GOOD EVENING.

WHAT A DAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I AM A CONSTITUENT FROM DISTRICT 5. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. I APPRECIATE YOUR LO LOOKING AT ME.

I APPRECIATE YOU'RE AWAKE. SO SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT I HAD IN MY NOTES. NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE MINUTIA, NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE INCIDENTS.

NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO SINCE WE KNOW THE LAWS ARE THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW, SO WHY DON'T WE MAKE ORDINANCES, WHY DON'T WE MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR ICE TO PARK ILL ILLEGALLY. WHY CAN'T WE TOW VEH VEHICLES WHEN THEY AREN'T IN THE CORRECT AREA? LOOK AT CHICAGO. THEY TOOK ALL OF THEIR ICE MACHINES AND BLOCKED ICE VEHICLES. LET'S LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO SET UP ORDINANCES AND MAKE THINGS ILLEGAL.

SO THAT WAS PART OF MY MESSAGE TODAY TO SEE HOW WE COULD THINK OUT OF THE BOX, AND ONE THING THAT'S STAYED WITH ME MY ENTIRE LIFE IS AT ONE POINT, MY FAMILY WAS FACED WITH VARIOUS SITUATIONS, AND THE THING THAT GAVE US SOME COURAGE IS -- I'M OLD SCHOOL.

I DON'T USE A PHONE. ALL OF MY NOTES ARE WRITTEN DOWN.

SORRY. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AS ONE CUBIC CENTIMETER, ONE SQUARE CUBE BIG CENTIMETER IN YOUR LIFE THAT MIGHT LEAD YOU IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. SO THIS IS YOUR CUBIC CENTIMETER. LET'S LOOK AT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY, TO STAY LOYAL TO THE CITIZENS, NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT THE L LAWS -- DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHAT ALL OF THESE OTHER SITUATIONS IN THE WORLD ARE DOING TO IMPACT US BECAUSE IT'S OUR LIVES. YOU WERE ELECTED. YOU ARE OUR CHOICE.

SO PLEASE SUPPORT US IN OUR LIVES SO THAT WE CAN LIVE PROPERLY IN THE

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: JOSE PE PEREZ. JOSE PEREZ. JESSICA TOLBY.

JESSICA TOLBY. DIANA ALAZALDA. DIANA ALAZALDA.

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FOLLOWED BY EL YANA. AND THEN JACK FINGER. >> HOW DISAPPOINTING IS IT THAT ICE IS DESTROYING THE PUBLIC TRUST IN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I AM THE PROUD DAUGHTER AND WIFE OF MEN WHO DEDICATED 30 YEARS EACH AS OFFICERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM ALSO A VERY PROUD DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT MOTHER. I WAS RAISED TO RESPECT AND OBEY THE LAW, AND I FEEL THIS COMMUNITY RESPECT OUR POLICE, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IS DAMAGING THAT RESPECT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

I RECENTLY LEADERS NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO DRAW A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE SCENARIO BASED DE-ESCALATION TRAINING, STREET AND COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF OUR LOCAL OFFICERS. THE ACTIONS OF THE NEWLY RECRUITED MASKED FEDERAL ICE AGENTS JUMPING FROM UNMARKED MINIVANS AND CROSSOVER SU SUVS WILL NO DOUBT DAMAGE AND DESTROY THE REPUTATIONS OF OUR PROUD AND PROFE PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS. OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN VETTED, PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCREENED, HIGHLY TRAINED, WILL FACE NEW DANGERS AS THE PUBLIC STRUGGLES WITH TRUST AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AMERICA. OFFICERS HAVE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO THEM BY THE GOVERNMENT -- BY THE GOV GOVERNED.

IN TEXAS, OFFICERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO THE CAUSE OF PROTECTING AND SERVING. WE NEED TO CONTRAST OUR REQUIREMENTS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS, DEDICATION, AND SACRIFICE, VERSUS STANDING UP, A QUICKLY TRAINED CH CHEEPLY MUSTERED SERVED ORGANIZATION THAT MAY PERMANENTLY DAMAGE THE TRUST AND PRIDE THAT MOST FOLKS FEEL TOWARDS THOSE THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO WEAR THE UNIFORM.

AND I FEEL THAT AS LONG AS THIS ADMINISTRATION AND ICE ARE A STAIN ON ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHO WILL HOLD ICE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY OR WILL YOU FORCE THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND STAND THEIR GROUND TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS A DUPLICATE FROM EARLIER. SO JACK FINGER FOLLOWED BY

RUSSELL SEAL, AND THEN SUSAN INGRAM. >> WELL, THIS'LL BE FUN.

MADAM MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.

I'M JACK M FINGER, YOUR U UNDOCUMENTED GAD FLY. YES, IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME BY TODAY SAYING WE DON'T WANT ANY ICE BROUGHT INTO TOWN.

I SAY FINE. LET'S HAVE A PARTY. I'LL BRING THE ICE.

SO THERE. YOU NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT THING.

YUCK. YUCK. YUCK.

IT SEEMS THAT THE BIG BAD DONALD TRUMP IS THREATENING TO WITHDRAW MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLARS FROM OUR CITY IF WE DO NOT LET HIM ARREST ILLEGAL ALIENS -- EXCUSE ME, UNDOCUMENTED DEMOCRATS. DON'T YOU LET HIM DO THAT, MADAM MAYOR. BY GOLLY, IF YOU JUST SIMPLY TELL HIM, WE DON'T NEED ANY OF YOUR STINKING MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. DON'T WE.

NO. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. IF -- AND IF PUSH -- IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, YOU SIMPLY SAY DON'T WORRY, IF I HAVE TO LAY OFF HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THIS, I'LL DO IT, AND I'M SURE THAT YOUR TRUSTY SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WILL STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE.

YOU WILL. I'M SURE YOU'LL DIG RIGHT IN AND DO THE JOBS THAT NO OTHER AMERICAN WILL DO. I CAN -- I CAN SEE JALEN M MCKEE RODRIGUEZ DRIVING ONE OF THOSE CITY GARBAGE TRUCKS. YES, SIR.

AND ERIC STANDING ON THE BACK OF IT WHISTLING SAYING, TURN LEFT, JALEN, NOT THE RIGHT. YES. BUT THAT'S FINE.

YES. BUT IF PUSH REALLY COMES TO SHOVE, I CAN SEE THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE ALAMO, YOU GET RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT HAPPEN SHRINE MAYOR GINA, AND YOU'LL BE FLANKED BY TERI CASTILLO AND THE FEROCIOUS RIC GALVAN.

>> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: RUSSELL SEAL. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS TODAY. I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ABOUT FAMILY, HEROS, FEAR, AND GENERATIONAL FAMILY TRAUMA. FIRST, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, I'M RUSSELL SEAL,

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MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND HER FAMILY CAME TO SAN ANTONIO IN THE 1920S AFTER THE -- DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR IN MEXICO.

HER BROTHERS SERVED WHICH WORLD WAR II AS HEROS, FLYING -- HER BROTHER WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE ON VETERANS DAY A FEW YEARS BACK AT HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY, CELEBRATING -- FLYING AS A MEXICAN CITY IN THE U.S. ARMY, FLYING 100 STORIES INTO ITALY INTO GERMANY FIGHTING FAS FASCISM. OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY ARE ALL PROUD MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.

A YEAR OR SO BEFORE SHE PASSED AWAY, SHE WAS A AT -- DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SHE BECAME SCARED TO DEATH OF BEING DEPORTED OUT OF THE ASSISTED LI LIVING FACILITY. SHE HAD MY WIFE GO GET HER NATURALIZATION PA PAPERS SO THAT SHE COULD HAVE THEM ON THE CALENDAR. MY OTHER -- THIS GENERATIONAL TRAUMA THAT THEY'RE ENDURING AFTER BEING HEROS IN THIS NATION IS JUST SINFUL.

ON MY FATHER'S SIDE, THEY CAME OVER AFTER WORLD WAR II FROM PEARL HARBOR, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS A NATIVE HAWAIIAN WHO ENDED UP IN MISSISSIPPI RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.

SHE GETS TO SAN ANTONIO, SAFE HAVEN, AND IT -- BUT ENDS UP WITH TRAUMA THAT LASTS A LIFETIME, THE LAST 20 YEARS OF HER LIFE, IN F FEAR, AND WE CANNOT HAVE -- WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS

LONG-TERM, THE LONG-TERM TRAUMA. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU

SIR. >> THE LONG-TERM TRAUMA THESE PEOPLE ARE END

ENDURING. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. REBECCA FLORES.

REBECCA FLORES. DARIAN GLINSKY. DARIAN GLINSKY.

CORCORINNA MARTA. DENACASSANOVA. MELODY HOMES.

MELODY HOMES. BRIAN THOMPSON. BRIAN THOMPSON.

SERENA WATSON CARINGTON. OKAY. THANK YOU.

JANUARY M MIS ZITLEMAN. CURT WILKINSON. FOLLOWED BY TOBY PABLO,

AND SHELIA VASQUEZ. >> REPRESENTING ADA IF YOU WOULD LIKE OR IF YOU WOULD

LIKE TO STAND. >> I'M ALL GOOD. I GOT IT.

GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. I AM CURT WILKINSON, PROFESSIONAL ACTOR AND ADVOCATE FROM DISTRICT 6. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT SB8, A TEXAS LAW EFFECTIVE AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, THE LAW MAKES IT CLEAR IN SECTION 573.053 THAT IT IS ABOUT, QUOTE, AN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES INCLUDING PERSONNEL AND FU FUNDING, END QUOTE, THAT WILL MEAN THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF GETS A GRANT AS STATED IN SECTION 503.103 WHICH IS LIKELY OUR TAX MONEY AND THEN GIVES THAT MONEY TO ICE. THESE GRANTS PAY FOR THE PAYCHECKS.

FILING IMMIGRATION REPORTS, THEIR WEAPONS, THEIR TRAINING, THE JAILS THEY SEND PEOPLE TO AND WHATEVER OTHER COST THE GOVERNMENT CAN SAY IS TO HELP ICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK TOGETHER, AND THEY'VE GOT FEAR TACTICS, OF COURSE, THAT YOU ALL ARE SO AFRAID OF WITH SB4. THIS LAW MAKES ME WONDER WHY OUR GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ARE SO INSISTENT OF TEXAS BEING IN LOCK STEP WITH OUR UNPOPULAR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LONE STAR STATE. NOW, I'M NOT A SUCCESS SESSIONIST, BUT WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND I HEAR THE HEART BEAT OF TEXAS, WHAT I HEAR IS TRUE IS TEXAS FEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, OVERREACHING, GETTING ON THEIR DOORSTEP ASK DENYING THE RIGHTS. WHEN WE SAW THE MURDER OF RENEA NICK COAL GOOD.

IT WAS A NIGHTMARE TAUGHT TO US BY OUR AMERICAN HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES

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INSTITUTION. >> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TOBY PABLO. TOBY PABLO. FOLLOWED BY SHELIA

VASQUEZ. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN WITH A QUESTION THAT CALLS TO US NOW MORE THAN EVER.

WHAT IS TRUTH? IS IT SOMETHING DISTILLED FROM KNOWLEDGE? OBSERVED AND ADJUDICATED FROM AFAR? IS IT TO BE CRAFTED IN THE HANDS OF THE POWERFUL, REVEALED TO THE REST OF US AT AN UNSPECIFIED TIME? I FIND MY ANSWER THROUGH THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY, THE WORDS, THE VOICES, THE OPINIONS THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY. TRUTH IS NOT A MANDATE U UPHELD, NOT SOME UNTOUCHABLE IDEA FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. TRUTH IS CONNECTION.

IT IS RELATIONSHIP. IT'S NOT JUST THE WORDS WE SAY TO EACH OTHER, BUT THE INTENTION BEHIND THOSE WORDS AND WHO THEY REACH. IT'S NOT JUST THAT FEDERAL AGENTS MURDERED PEOPLE LIKE RENEA GOOD IN BROAD DAYL DAYLIGHT, BUT THAT AMERICANS NOW FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES S SEEING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD RATHER WAIVE THE CLAIM AWAY WITH CLAIMS SPECULATIVE AT BEST THAN DISSUADE THE PUBLIC THAT JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED. IT'S NOT JUST THAT MANY IN OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY HAVE GRAPPLED WITH THIS REALITY SINCE ICE'S INCEPTION, BUT THAT ICE HAS GOT THEIR RESOURCES, INCREASINGLY INATTENTIONS OF DETENTION FACILITIES AND OPERATING WITHOUT VISIBLE IDENTIFICATION. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAVE WITNESSED ICE DISRUPT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. WITH NO REGARD FOR OR COOPERATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. IT'S CLEAR THAT ICE SERVES TO SEVER CONNECTIONS, TO D DISMANTLE TRUTH IN THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL FORM, USING MEANS THAT BETRAY THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION, THAT DENY PEOPLE THEIR UNA UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. ICE IS A FORCE WE CAN NEITHER TRUST NOR ALLOW HE HERE. THIS IS WHY WE CALL ON YOU TO BE TRUE TO YOUR CITY.

ICE IN OUR STREETS IS A BETRAYAL TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND EVERY MOMENT THEY SPEND HERE LEAVES THE TRUTH IN PERIL. THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR ORTIZ JONES: SHELIA VASQUEZ. SHELIA VASQUEZ.

OKAY. THAT WAS OUR FINAL SP SPEAKER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT TOOK TIME TODAY TO COME AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR CONCERNS, SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS, SHARE YOUR IDEAS. I'M ESPECIALLY THANKFUL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO RECOGNIZED THAT YOU'RE ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THOSE THAT ARE TOO FEARFUL TO COME TODAY TO SPEAK. SO THANK YOU.

WE UNDERSTAND -- I MEAN, LOOK A THIS COUNCIL. JUST LOOK AT US.

WE SHARE, FRANKLY, IN YOUR FEAR AND IN YOUR FRUST FRUSTRATION, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS PUBLIC DISCUSSION. I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT WERE HERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. AS WE SHARE IN THAT FEAR AND IN THAT FRUSTRATION, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME, AS UNSATISFYING AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN FOR MANY TO LAY OUT THE UNIQUE LAWS THAT ARE GOVERNING OUR ACTIONS. I UNDERSTAND YOUR OPINION ON THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS, BUT THOSE LAWS ARE, IN FACT, GOVERNING OUR ACTIONS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOUR THOUGHTS CERTAINLY IN THESE PUBLIC FORUMS OR REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICES, AND AS YOU IDENTIFY THINGS THAT MAY BE OF CONCERN, AS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO, YOU SHOULD REACH

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I'M GOING TO TURN TO MY -- I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HERE.

COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODR RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME, AND TO AL OF THOSE WHO HAD TO LEAVE, AND OF COURSE TO THOSE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT.

THE FIRST SPEAKER TOOK TO THE PODIUM TO STRESS THAT IN THIS MOMENT, THE MOST RESONATE ISSUE OF TODAY IS RESPECT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, NAMELY ICE AGENTS. THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING HOME TERRIFIED AT NIGHT ARE ICE AGENTS, AND THE REAL VICTIMS HERE IN THIS SCENARIO ARE ICE AGENTS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING ATROCITIES, RIPPING FAMILIES APART, RACIALLY PROFILING COMMUNITIES, AND ABUSING EVERY OUNCE OF POWER CONSTITUTIONALLY GIVEN TO THEM, THAT THEY ARE HUSBANDS AND WIVES AND NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, AND I WISH COMMISSIONER MOODY WAS STILL HERE, MAYBE HE WOULD BE IF HE WASN'T USHERED TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. BUT I WOULD SAY TO HIM, YOU KNOW WHO'S ALSO HUSBANDS AND WIVES AND NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, PARENTS WHO SEND KIDS TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING BUT WON'T BE THERE TO GREET THEM IN THE AFTERNOON. THOSE BEING STALKED AND ABDUCTED IN CHURCHES, WORK, AND DETAINED AND MURDERED. THOSE IN LINE AT IMMIGRATION COURSE PURSUING ASIGH LEM. THEY'RE HUSBANDS, AND WIVES, AND NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. SO PARDON IF WE'RE NOT ON OUR HANDS AND KNEES AND GROVELING AT THE FEET OF THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO SERVE BUT TER TERRORIZE AND HARM US. I'M ON THE ICE.GOV RIGHT NOW.

I HOPE IT DOESN'T MESS UP MY ALGORITHM. AND IT SAYS THEY REQUIRE A KNEEL STAND TEST, 15 PUSH U UPS, AND FIVE MINUTES OF STEPPING UP AND DOWN.

SO NO WONDER THEY NEED OUR COOPERATION. WHEN I WAS -- WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, A YOUNG BLACK BOY GROWING UP IN HAWAII, MY PARENTS SAT ME DOWN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IF AN OFFICER EVER STOPPED AND ASKED ME A QUESTION, ASKED ME TO DO ANYTHING THAT I SHOULD RESPOND WITH NOTHING BUT A YES, SIR AND YES, MA'AM, AND THAT I COMPLY, EVEN IF I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG OR ILLEGAL, HAVING AN ATTITUDE OR BEING SEEN AS DISRE DISRESPECTFUL FOR AN OFFICER IS ENOUGH TO MEAN THAT MY MOM OR DAD MAY NEVER SEE ME AGAIN.

BEING A YOUNG BLACK BOY IN A HOODIE IS ENOUGH TO BE DEEMED A THREAT OF BEING SHOT OFF. AND SO WHEN I READ SIGNS THAT SAY COMPLY WITH ICE OR IF WE HEAR THAT YOU'RE A CITIZEN, JUST PROVE IT, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.

I'M REMINDED OF THE FACT THAT WHEN AN OFFICER OR IN THIS CASE, AN ICE AGENT DE DEEMS DISRESPECT IS ENOUGH TO HAVE YOU MISTREATED, ABUSED, AND KILLED.

I'M REMINDED WE MUST CHANGE THE THINGS WE CAN'T ACCEPT, AND WE CAN'T ACCEPT THAT ICE CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER, AND MAKE US AS A CITY COMPLICIT IN THAT.

THIS WEEK, WE HONORED THE LATE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, AND WE SPOKE OF PUBLIC FIGURES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PEOPLE WHO WILL QUOTE HIM ON MLK DAY BUT DISMISS VALUES AND WORK IN DIRECT OPPOSITION EVERY OTHER DAY OF THE YEAR.

A MAN WHO STOOD FOR EQUA EQUALITY, HUMAN DIGNITY, AND RACIAL JUSTICE, AND HE DID SO AS THE MOST HATED MAN IN AMERICA, AND ONE WHO WAS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS, FUNNILY ENOUGH BECAUSE HE INSPIRED AND CHAMPIONED PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE. THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE COMING OUT TODAY TO PROTEST ICE AND PROTEST MORE SPECIFICALLY OUR ENGAGEMENT OF ICE AS A CITY. YOU TOOK ON A LOT OF RISK TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE AGENCY THAT IS TARGETING AND KI KILLING INDISCRIMINANTLY. I HEARD FROM SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS TODAY. ONE IN AN ICE HAT, I UNDERSTAND THAT SB4 IS LAW.

I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. EVERYONE IN THE ROOM UNDERSTANDS THAT, BUT THE LAW DOES NOT ABSOLVE US OF MORAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPLYING WITH WHAT IS STRICTLY REQUIRED VERSUS ENTHUSIASTICALLY PARTI PARTICIPATING IN HARM, AND THAT DIFFERENCE LARGELY OVERLAPS WITH THE DIFFERENCE OF COOPERATION AND COMPLICITLY.

LAST YEAR I GOT AN ETHICS COMPLAINT AFTER I PISSED OFF THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY.

AND AT TIMES, WE'RE BALANCING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR OWN GOALS WITH WHAT IS LEGAL AND ETHICAL, BUT NOTHING SHOULD HOLD MORE WEIGHT THAN WHAT IS MORAL AND RIGHT AND JUST, AND COOPERATING WITH ICE IS I IMMORAL AND WRONG AND I INJUIN.OUR COMMUNITY IS PLAINLY STATING THAT ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE, THEY'RE ST STATING THAT ICE IS CAUSING FEAR AND HARM IN OUR SEA SEARCHES, WORK PLACES, NEIGHBORHOODS, MY OFFICE HAS HEARD FROM THEIR SAFE OFFICER THAT THEIR JOB IS MADE HARDER BY THE FACT THAT ICE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE LEGITIMATE IDENTIFICATION AND FOLKS SHOULD BE WEARY OF ANYONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE, CAMERA OR UNIFORM.

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WE SHOULD BE -- WE SHOULD BE ARRESTING ICE AGENTS WHO ARE WREAKING HAVOC ON COMMUNITY WHILE WEARING GEAR AND MASKING, CHALLENGING UNJUST AND IMMORAL LEGISLATION, AND STANDING BOLDLY AGAINST IT WITH THE SAME COURAGE AS THOSE CHALLENGING STATE AGENCIES TODAY, THOSE WHO CAME TO SPEAK TODAY. IT WAS SAID BY STAFF THAT THE LAW REQUIRES WE COOPERATE WITH ICE WITHIN REASON, AND ALMOST EVERY D DAY, WE DISCUSS OUR GROWING BUDGET DEFICIT AND THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE, AND THE DEPARTMENTS WE MAY NEED TO CUT, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBERS WILL SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE NEED MORE MONEY ADDED TO THE POLICE BUDGET BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS UNSAFE AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND YET, WE'RE SENDING POLICE OFFICERS WHO COULD BE RESPONDING TO MURDERS, TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS, TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE'RE SENDING THEM OUT TO PLAY PERIMETER CONTROL FOR ICE, AND THAT IS UNREASONABLE. I WOULD CONTEND THAT WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO IS UNREASONABLE, AND FOR ME, IT'S -- FOR ME, IT'S MORALLY UNREASONABLE, BUT IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, IT'S FISCALLY U UNREASONABLE.

AND I THINK THAT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TIME AN TIME AGAIN, WILL PUT AS MUCH PRESSURE ON US AND FORCE US TO SAY NO TO THEM SO THEY CAN GET WHAT THEY WANT, A LEGAL BATTLE AND CHALLENGE WITH US, IF NOT THIS, RAIN BOW CROSSWALKS, IF NOT THAT, A HEALTH FUND, IF NOT THAT, THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD AND TO WHAT END? AND WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT FRO PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE LEGAL BATTLES, BUT WHAT VALUE DO WE PLACE ON THE LIVES BEING KID KIDNAPPED BY STRANGE MEN TAKEN BY ICE BECAUSE THEY CAN DO 15 PUSH UPS.

LOCAL RESISTANCE HAS BEEN A CRITICAL PART OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRESS, AND THIS IS AN ISSUE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, SO I DO WANT T SAY, I'M INSPIRED BY ALL WHO CAME TODAY.

CITY COUNCIL OF COURSE HAS ITS ROLE, AND I'M COMMITTED TO PLAYING MY PART, BUT I WOULD ASK EVERYONE HERE WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TO GET TOGETHER, BECOME FRIENDS AND EXTENDED COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE ALL OF US TO STAND UP AND BECOME DEFENSE IN THE STREETS TO STOP ICE. AND LASTLY, I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, I'VE MADE THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT MY BELIEFS AND FEELINGS ABOUT IMMIGRATION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ASSUMPTIONS, AND I WANT TO SAY POLITELY, WE SHOULD NOT COLLABORATE OR COOPERATE WITH ICE, AND I SAY -- AND IT IN A DISRESPECTFUL WAY AS

POSSIBLE, ABOLISH >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN

GAVITO. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LONG AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF US AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. AND I SHARE MANY OF YOUR CONCERNS AND I TAKE THE SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO SERIOUSLY.

I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, AND I GUESS THAT THIS IS MAYBE FOR ANDY.

DO WE KNOW HOW MANY -- HOW WE CAN FIND OUT HOW OFTEN THAT I.C.E. IS CAPTURING AND HOLDING

U.S. CITIZENS IN SAN ANTONIO? >> COUPLE WOMAN, I THINK THAT WE HAVE -- ACTUALLY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST MADE ON THAT AND OTHER INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN ASK, AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THAT. AND MAYBE ERIK CAN GIVE AN UPDATE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON HOW MANY

U.S. CITIZENS THEY HAVE DETAINED. >> NO, I THINK, ANDY, SO THE, UM, THEY HAVE A DASHBOARD WEBSITE, THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED AND WE DO HAVE THE DATA, I THINK THAT THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS UPDATED WAS IN THE FALL. WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BUT IT IS DATED. AND, UM, THE REGION -- THE INFORMATION THAT MARIA WILL SHOW YOU, UM, IS NOT JUST FOR SAN ANTONIO, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIN THAT THE LOCAL OFFICERS ARE

RESPONSIBLE FOR. >> SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN EARLIER IN JULY 2025, WE WERE PROVIDED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE I.C.E. OFFICE AND WE'RE PULLING THAT INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. AND IT HAS A SUMMARY FOR THE I.C.E. SAN ANTONIO FIELD OFFICE AREA. THIS AREA COVERAGES IS 37 COUNTIES, SO IT'S NOT ONLY BEXAR COUNTY BUT THERE'S OTHER 36 COUNTIES. SO THIS IS NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR SAN ANTONIO. WE, UM -- THEY SAID THAT THE I.C.E. WEBSITE -- AND THERE'S NO

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SO THAT IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: IN HERE WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBER OF UNINTENTIONAL U.S. CITIZENS THAT THEY'RE CAPTURING?

>> WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: OKAY, THANK YOU. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SAPD OFFICERS MUST COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND THEY'RE NOT ASKING PEOPLE FOR THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

SO, CHIEF MCMANUS, THANK YOU FOR BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW -- THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE NOT ACTIVELY ASKING PEOPLE FOR THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND I BELIEVE THAT AS A CITY IT'S OUR DUTY TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. ENCOUNTERS.

I KNOW THAT MYSELF AND SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS WHEN ENCOUNTERING I.C.E., WHETHER ENCOUNTERING I.C.E. IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID, AND I.C.E. GOING AROUND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I WAS AT A UNIVERSITY PARK, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NEXT TO ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY LAST WEEK AND I WAS AT A MEETING THERE LAST WEEK.

AND A GENTLEMAN IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF I'M JUST NOING MY LAWN AND I.C.E. COMES UP TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS. SO I THINK THAT IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF TO US MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENT DOES KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. I DO ALSO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT NOTE, ANDY, I GUESS THAT I'LL DIRECT THIS TO YOU AGAIN. HOW CAN PEOPLE -- HOW CAN PEOPLE

REPORT IF THEY FEEL I.C.E. IS VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS? >> OH, IF THEY FEEL THAT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED? THEY, UM, THEY CAN CALL SAPD AND THEY CAN CALL OUR -- OUR OFFICE. THERE'S A LOT OF NON-PROFITS OUT THERE THAT THEY CAN REPORT TO.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN REPORT THAT, COUNCILWOMAN.

>> ALDERETE GAVITO: SO IF RESIDENTS DO FEEL I.C.E. HAS VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, WE DIRECTING THEM TO CALL EITHER THE CITY -- MAYBE THE COUNCIL OFFICES -- OR SAPD?

>> CORRECT. WELL, WE CAN'T REPRESENT THEM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN

MAKE REFERRALS. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: SURE. AND, YEAH, I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF -- IF SAPD HAS RECEIVED THOSE CALLS AND, MA PRIX ATHAT MIGHT TAKE SOME DIGS INTO, IF SAPD HAS RECEIVED THOSE CALLS TO DATE, AND, IF SO, HOW MANY. IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE

PROBABLY WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF. >> SURE, COUNCILWOMAN. SO ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE REVIEWED WITH YOU TODAY, IF YOU WERE TO GO TO SLIDE 12, WE DID AN ANALYSIS, SO THE 2025 CALLS RECEIVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE DON'T CALL THEM SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO IMAGGRESSION BUT BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS THERE WERE 66 THAT

REFERENCED IMMIGRATION. AND IN 258 REPORTS. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: YEAH.

>> SO TO YOUR QUESTION, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 13... FOR THOSE -- THERE WAS 161 REPORTS THAT INCLUDED WITHIN THOSE REPORTS THAT WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE, UM, INDICATING THAT THEIR DOCUMENTS WERE STOLEN, ETC.. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS -- I GUESS TO YOUR POINT -- THAT, UM,

THAT WERE RELATED TO I.C.E. THAT WE'RE AWARE OF. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: YEAH, AND REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS US TO GIVE AN AVENUE TO RESIDENTS WHO DO FEEL THAT, UM, I.C.E. HAS VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS CALLING SAPD AND WE START TRACKING THAT OR THEM CALLING THE COUNCIL OFFICES, OR THE CITY, UM, I -- I FEEL THAT WE NEED AN OUTLET FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE WHEN WE'RE FEELING THAT

I.C.E. IS VIOLATING THEIR RIGHTS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. TYPICALLY WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS, UM, ARE BEING ACCUSED OF SOMETHING, SAPD HAS INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THAT'S WHO DOES THE COMPLAINTS AGAINST FEDERAL OFFICERS.

SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE SHOULD BE DIRECTED. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CALL US, WE CAN CERTAINLY DOCUMENT SOMETHING IN A REPORT, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE AUTHORITY

TO INVESTIGATE THAT. >> ALDERETE GAVITO: OKAY. YEAH, AND SO THEN WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT IT GOES INTO A BLACK HOLE. BUT I DO WANT US TO -- TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, KEEPING

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AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING AND NOT DOING. SO, AGAIN, THANKS TO YOU, CHIEF, FOR MAKING THAT CLEAR TODAY.

AND I AM ALSO -- AND I WILL SAY THAT I AM ALSO GRATEFUL THAT SAPD IS TAKING A COMPASSIONATE AND A FAIR APPROACH IN THIS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT SITUATION. SO THANK YOU TO THEM FOR DOING THAT. AND THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: I WANT TO CLARIFY THE LAST POINT BECAUSE

IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. >> THAT IF FOLKS BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE -- THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, UM, HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, THAT YOU WOULD -- YOU COULD CALL SAPD, BUT THEY WOULD JUST MAKE A NOTE OF IT. BUT, CHIEF, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE APPROPRIATE VENUE WOULD BE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OR SOME INSPECTOR GENERAL HOTLINE, RIGHT, FOR THAT FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT? I WANT TO MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS WHAT THEY WILL

ACTUALLY GET IF THEY CALL SAPD WITH THIS ISSUE. >> THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR, AND WE'D TAKE A REPORT AND GIVE THEM A CASE NUMBER AND WANT TO REFER THEM TO THE OFFICE THE INSPECTOR

GENERAL TO REPORT THAT TO THE PROPER FEDERAL AGENCY. >> MAYOR JONES: RIGHT.

BUT YOU WOULD NOT REPORT THAT TO THE FEDERAL ENTITY, CORRECT? AND IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE

INDIVIDUAL? >> IT'S INCUMBENT ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT

NEED TO FILE THE COMPLAINT. >> MAYOR JONES: OKAY, I WANT TO MANAGE PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS.

COUNCILMAN WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANKS, MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO -- WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. TODAY. THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST IS -- IS FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY. AND SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR -- FOR EVERYONE FOR LETTING THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD. A LOT OF EMOTION IN THE ROOM TODAY, CERTAINLY, AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR PEOPLE. AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND REALLY THE IDENTITY OF OUR COUNTRY. BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STICK TO THE FACTS AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD THE RIGHT PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE HERE. AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

HEARINGS OF JUSTICE -- JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, SENATOR BEN SASS SAID SOMETHING THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME. HE TALKED ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE PROTESTING AT THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE PROTESTING THERE, BECAUSE THE JUSTICES ARE THERE TO INTERPRET AND APPLY THE LAW.

WHERE THEY SHOULD BE PROTESTING, HE SAID,.

IS IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT MAKE THE LAWS.

AND I THINK THAT'S RELEVANT, UM, TODAY. BECAUSE IT'S CONGRESS THAT NEEDS TO DO ITS JOB AND PASS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

WHEN WE YELL ABOUT OUR SAPD, AND WE YELL ABOUT I.C.E., UM, WE'RE REALLY BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE. THESE ARE MEN AND WOMEN AS IT'S BEEN STATED TODAY THAT ARE OUR NEIGHBORS -- DADS, MOMS, SONS, DAUGHTERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THAT ARE DOING A JOB THAT THEY SIGNED UP TO DO TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN DOING THAT JOB FOR YEARS. THEY SERVED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA DURING HIS TENURE, UNDER TRUMP, AND UNDER BIDEN. AND, AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING THE JOB THAT THEY SIGNED UP TO DO.

THESE ARE -- THESE ARE FOLKS THAT 60% THAT WE WERE TOLD -- APPROXIMATELY 60% ARE ACTUALLY VETERANS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY BRAVELY, AND THEY'RE NO LONGER IN OUR ARMED FORCES. AND NOW -- AND NOW THEY'RE WITH I.C.E.

SO I THINK THAT, AGAIN, COMPLAINT -- TALKING ABOUT THEM IN SUCH A VITRIOLIC MANNER LIKE SOME HAVE TODAY IS, FRANKLY, WRONG. PWE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD -- AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT -- WE NEED TO HOLD CONGRESS TO ACCOUNT ON THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING INTO PLACE AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT IS

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>> MAYOR JONES: QUIET, QUIET, PLEASE. >> WHYTE: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACTS ON THE GROUND. AS THE MAYOR STATED THE OTHER DAY -- I THINK THAT I SAW AN INTERVIEW ON -- ON KSAT OR ONE OF THE NEWS STATIONS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 100,000 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. LISTEN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE FOLKS ARE GOOD PEOPLE. DOESN'T EXCUSE THE FACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME IN COMING TO THE COUNTRY, BUT, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY ARE GOOD PEOPLE.

BUT WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT WISH TO DO US HARM HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THE VIOLENT INTERNATIONAL GANG WAS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE HAVE SEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS, DRUG DISTRIBUTION, WEAPONS DISTRIBUTION -- THINGS THAT THREATEN THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, DRAIN THE RESOURCES OF OUR CITY, AND MAKE US LESS SAFE.

>> WHYTE: I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH MEMBERS OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHO IT IS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY CLEAR. NUMBER ONE, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON FINDING THE CRIMINALS THAT POSE A THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY. NUMBER TWO, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY AN

EXISTING VALID COURT ORDER ASKING THE FOLKS TO LEAVE. >> MAYOR JONES: QUIET, PLEASE,

QUIET. >> WHYTE: OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE OWE THEM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM I.C.E. TO OUR SAPD, WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE, BECAUSE THESE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY SEEKING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. WHEN SAPD IS CALLED UPON TO COMPLY WITH OUR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY, THEY MUST COMPLY. AND THEY ARE COMPLYING, WE MUST COOPERATE. AND IT IS IN THE SAFETY AND THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO COOPERATE. I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THIS: BEFORE I WAS ELECTED IN MS A -- I WAS A MEDIATOR, AND MEDIATION RIGHT NOW UP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS EXACTLY WHAT'S NEEDED. THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES AND THE POLITICS NEED TO BE LEFT AT THE DOOR. AND AS I BEGAN WITH, PEOPLE NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME TOGETHER ON A COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM PACKAGE.

WE HAVE FOLKS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT HAVE COME HERE THE RIGHT WAY.

AND THEY'RE NOT CITIZENS YET BUT THEY'RE WAITING IN LINE AND THEY'RE PAYING ANY FEES THAT ARE DUE WHEN THEY'RE IN LINE TO BECOME CITIZENS. ALLOWING FOLKS TO COME HERE ILLEGALLY, FRANKLY, DOES A DISSERVICE TO THEM. AND WHILE WE WAIT FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM, WE MUST BE VERY, VERY CLEAR -- THAT WE CAN HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DRUGS, AND ANYONE WHO HAS COME TO OUR CITY ILLEGALLY OR LEGALLY THAT WISHES TO DO OUR CITIZENS HARM. WE CAN BE A COMPASSIONATE CITY AND A CITY THAT FOLLOWS THE LAW AT THE SAME TIME. AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT TENSIONS WILL -- WE WILL CALM THE RHETORIC THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, THAT WE'VE HEARD ALL OVER THE

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THANKS, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCIL MEMBER --

[INDISCERNIBLE] >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND I HAVE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS BASED ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST SAID. THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, THOUGH CO-EQUAL WITH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAVE CEDED THEIR AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THEY ARE NO LONGER OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY WITH EACH OTHER. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO WAS HERE TODAY AND SPOKE AND STAYED LATE. IT'S A VERY PERSONAL AND IMPORTANT TOPIC.

LET ME START BY SAYING THAT I.C.E. DOESN'T BELONG HERE. [APPLAUSE] AND THESE ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING ARE -- ARE ANOTHER UGLY SIDE OF VIOLENCE OF THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY. WE ALL KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND FEDERALLY. AND IT'S ANOTHER ITERATION OF THAT VIOLENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN.

I.C.E. DOESN'T HELP PROBLEMS IN DISTRICT 4, A HOSPITAL WOULD, PICKING UP STRAY DOGS WOULD AND SMOOTH ROADS WOULD, AND MORE PARK SPACE WOULD AND AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS WOULD HELP MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 4. I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS. EVERYBODY IS AN IMMIGRANT, UNLESS YOU'RE 100% INDIGENOUS.

MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAME HERE LEGALLY, THE RIGHT WAY, OR THEY JUST GOT HERE. BUT I THINK THAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT DETAIL WAS NEVER IMPORTANT IN MY FAMILY'S HISTORY OR LORE OF BEING HERE.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WORKED THEIR ASS OFF TO BE HERE AND THEY PICKED FRUIT.

RAILROADS HERE. AND THEY TOOK ANY JOB THAT THEY COULD FIND TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR MY GRANDPARENTS. AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, IF IT HAD HAPPENED THEN, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE. SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE DO NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER IS TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE SHOULD POST ALL DETAILS OF I.C.E. RAIDS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT ONLINE, AT ANY REQUESTS MADE BY I.C.E. SHOULD BE POSTED ONLINE. [APPLAUSE] BECAUSE WE GOT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE COSTS OF THE POLICE TIME THAT IS SPENT ON THESE ACTIVITIES. THEY DON'T NEED OUR HELP OUT THERE. [APPLAUSE] I NEED THE POLICE TO ANSWER CALLS IN MY DISTRICT. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT IT A LOT, I LITERALLY HAVE AN ACCESS ROAD, 410, WHERE I GREW UP AND WHERE CARS ARE DRIVING INTO HOUSES BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING SO FAST AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH ENFORCEMENT OR EFFORT BY TXDOT. AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON IN OUR COMMUNITY ASIDE FROM THAT. I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALSO WORK WITH LEGAL ADVOCACY GROUPS TO SEE WHAT RECOURSE THAT WE DO HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T. SO WE'VE GOTTA DO MORE TO ADDRESS THE LEGAL ISSUES HERE. AND IF WE CAN JOIN A LAWSUIT, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO DO THAT, WE SHOULD. AND WE SHOULDN'T JUST LET THIS KIND OF HAPPEN.

AND WATCH AND STAND BY AND SEE THIS HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET TO WORK. THEY'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND TO HAVE A PIECE OF THE DREAM, JUST LIKE MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS DID. [APPLAUSE] AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO THE COURTHOUSE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE JAILS TO DO THIS. THEY ARE GOING TO TRADERS VILLAGE IN MY DISTRICT, A PLACE OF RECREATION. AND THEY ARE.

IN OUR SCHOOLS, I GOT A CALL FROM MY AUNT WHO SAID THAT SOMEONE THAT CLAIMED TO BE I.C.E. KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND SAID THAT WE'RE CHASING SOMEBODY IN YOUR BACKYARD AND WE WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR HOUSE. AND IT'S HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOLS AND HAPPENING AT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO LIVE LIFE AND TO BE OKAY AND NOT TO COMMIT CRIMES.

SO WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THE DPS IS HELPING THEM TO DO THIS ALSO.

THEY ARE PULLING PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT IN MY DISTRICT, AND THE GOVERNOR EVEN SENT THEM TO ANOTHER STATE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SO I'M REMINDED OF MY RESIDENT WHO CAME HERE TODAY, WHO I KNOW PRETTY WELL, AND HE MENTIONED,

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AND SO WE'VE JUST GOTTA DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO HELP THE SITUATION.

AND I RESPECT EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT HERE AND SPOKE AND SPOKE FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY WHO WOULD BE AFRAID TO BE ARRESTED. AND SO I THINK THAT WE OWE YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO BE HERE AND TO SPEAK UP FOR OTHER PEOPLE. AND SO WE SHOULDN'T JUST SUBMIT TO THIS THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY. AND I'M REMINDED OF MY HIGH SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL OF THE AMERICAS AND OUR MOTTO WAS TO THINK GLOBALLY AND ACT LOCALLY.

AND SO, YES, YOU ALL CAN CERTAINLY GO TO CONGRESS AND GO TO AUSTIN AND ADVOCATE, BUT YOU'RE STARTING RIGHT HERE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD, IN YOUR OWN CITY COUNCIL DOWNTOWN.

AND THAT REALLY MATTERS. SO WE HAVE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, TO MEET THE MOMENT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS.

>> SPEARS: THANK YOU, MAYOR. LAST WEEK I WENT TO OUR LOCAL HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICE WITH COUNCILMAN WHYTE TO MEET WITH OUR LOCAL I.C.E. AGENTS AND FIELD DIRECTOR IN PERSON, BECAUSE I FELT THAT IT WAS MY JOB TO GO TO SPEAK TO THEM AFTER THE JANUARY 14TH INCIDENT IN MY DISTRICT. AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM THAT MEETING ABOUT THE I.C.E. AGENCY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY EMPHASIZED THAT DE-ESCALATION IS ALWAYS THE PRIORITY. EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- EXCUSE ME, I LISTENED TO EACH OF YOU AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE RESPECT ME AS I'LL SPEAKING AS WELL. THANK YOU.

EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVOLVED, FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL, OPERATES UNDER RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, DESIGNED TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, REDUCE RISK, AND TO AVOID UNNECESSARY CONFRONTATION. THAT PRINCIPLE GUIDED THIS INCIDENT.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED WAS ALREADY IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS BUT WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE. THE ENCOUNTER DID NOT ARISE FROM A SWEEP OR A MASS OPERATION, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A SEPARATE INCIDENT, HANDLED USING STANDARD LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHEN AND HOW SAPD IS ENGAGED. AND SAPD AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WORK WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS EVERY DAY. BUT THAT COORDINATION IS ROUTINE, LIMITED, AND FOCUSED ON SAFETY. LOCAL OFFICERS ARE NOT INVOLVED ABSENT REASONABLE SUSPICION OR ESCALATION. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A VEHICLE ACCIDENT, A BARRICADED INDIVIDUAL, OR A DIRECT THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WHEN ESCALATION OCCURS, COORDINATION HAPPENS TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

WHEN IT DOES NOT, RESOURCES ARE NOT UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATED. WE ALSO NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ARE FOCUSED ON. THE PRIORITY IS ON DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS, THOSE WHO POSE A RISK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ORDERED REMOVED

BUT -- [INTERJECTIONS] >> MAYOR JONES: QUIET, PLEASE. >> SPEARS: THAT AUTHORITY IS FROM FEDERAL LAW, SPECIFICALLY TITLE 8 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT ENACTED BY CONGRESS. THESE ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY OR AD-HOC DECISIONS.

THEY ALSO SHARED WITH ME FROM OCTOBER 1ST OF 2025, THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 160 ARRESTS. 34 WERE CONVICTED CRIMINALS, AND 19 WERE PENDING CRIMINAL CHARGES, AND 107 HAD OTHER IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT SENSITIVE LOCATIONS DO MATTER, SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES AND CHURCHES AND FUNERALS ARE NOT TARGETS. THERE IS A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DISRUPTION OR COMMUNITY HARM. WHEN SOMEONE VIOLATES A LOCAL OR A STATE LAW, OUR SAPD OFFICERS DO NOT MAKE IMMIGRATION DETERMINATIONS. AND THEY DO WHAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO -- ENFORCE LOCAL LAW. AND, IF APPROPRIATE, CONTACT THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. THERE IS NO 287 PARTNERSHIP, AND IT MEANS FEWER FEDERAL AGENTS ON THE STREET AND FEWER CALLS TO LOCAL DISPATCH, AND LESS STRAIN ON RESOURCES.

FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, THIS APPROACH ALSO MATTERS. IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UNDER FEDERAL AUTHORITY, FEDERAL DETENTION SURRENDERS APPLY AND TO AVOID PLACING BURDENS ON CITY TAXPAYERS. ONCE A PERSON IS UNDER A FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL, THAT OUTCOME IS LARGELY PREDETERMINED. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROFESSIONALISM OF THE FEDERAL OFFICERS INVOLVED. MANY HAVE SPECIALIZED IMMIGRATION TRAINING AND CLEAR

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THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WE ARE MILITARY CITY, U.S.A.. THESE ARE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, OPERATING WITHIN ESTABLISHED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS ABOUT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, KEEPING A COOL HEAD AND USING LIMITED RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY.

OUR SHARED GOAL ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IS SIMPLE -- TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND ENFORCE THE LAW AS WRITTEN, AND AVOID UNNECESSARY ESCALATION OR FEAR.

I AM GRATEFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO E-MAILED, CALLED OR ATTENDED TODAY AND EXPRESSED YOUR VIEWS AND EXERCISED YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.

I AM LISTENING. I DO CARE ABOUT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LIVE IN FEAR. I DO WANT SAN ANTONIO TO BE A SAFE CITY. AND I FULLY SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE

OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILMAN GALVIN. QUIET, PLEASE. COUNCILMAN GALVIN.

>> GALVAN: THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FOLKS STILL HERE, AND I SEE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE. AS WELL AS THE FOLKS WHO REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE AND TO MYSELF DIRECTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND MONTHS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, OF COURSE, OUR ENTIRE TIME BEING ELECTED OR AT LEAST MY ENTIRE TIME BEING ELECTED AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TAKING SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS THAT ARE NOT ONLY CONCERNING RESIDENTS BUT THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS TOO. OUR U.S. GOVERNMENT SYSTEM IS A FEDERALIST SYS SYSTEM, AND THEYE THE RESPECTIVE AREAS IN THEIR OWN WAYS, LIKE OUR OWN.

HOWEVER, OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN ACTION THAT IS SIGNIFICANT AND LOCAL EFFECTS AND EVEN OUR STATE HAS FOLLOWED SUIT. THESE TOP-DOWN LAWS AND STRUCTURAL ACTIONS HAVE FORCED OUR COMMUNITIES TO FEEL THE BURDEN OF THEIR DECISIONS WITHOUT OUR CONSIDERATION, AND THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY TO DETERMINE OUR OWN FATE.

THIS IS TRUE FOR IMMIGRATION LAWS AND ACTIONS TOO. IF WE WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITIES TO NOT BE TARGETED AAS WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND STATE AND HERE LOCALLY, WE MUST ORGANIZE FOR A NEW DIRECTION AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN -- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE LET THE GOVERNMENT OFF OF THE HOOK BUT TO ADDRESS THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS REMAINING UNCHECKED AND EMPOWERED TO SUPERSEDE ANY LOCAL ACTIONS. ON TOP OF IMMIGRATION OUR STATE AND OUR NATION WRIT LARGE HAS UTILIZED A SEESAW POLICY WITH IMMIGRATION.

TOLERATE OR EVEN ENCOURAGE IMMIGRATION WHEN IT SUITS OUR NENEEDS FOR AN UNPROTECTED WORKFORCE AND BLAME THE IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY REFUSE TO CREATE WELL-PAYING JOBS AND REFUSE TO INVEST IN OUR EDUCATION. WITH THIS KIND OF POLITICS OF SCARCITY AND FEAR AND NATIONALISM DOES IS TO IGNORE THE TRUE NEEDS OF OUR WORKING FAMILIES. AND IT ENABLES AUTHORITARIAN STRUCTURES THAT MOVED FROM THE ALLEGED ENEMY TO WHOEVER IS DEEMED AN ENEMY NEXT, INCLUDING OUR OWN CITIZENS.

OUR WORKING FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO AFFORD HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE AND SECURE WELL-PAYING JOBS.

AND POINT TO THE IMMIGRANTS AS A CAUSE FOR SUCH WOES BUT THEY DON'T CONTROL THOSE THINGS.

AND PRIORITIZING PROFIT OVER DIGNITY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE GOVERNED BY HEALTHCARE WHO PRIORITIZE PROFIT OVER HEALTH. AND UNFAIR TRADE AGREEMENTS PERMIT COMPANIES TO UNDERPAY AMERICAN LABOR AND OUTSOURCE LOCAL JOBS OR EXPLOIT IMMIGRANTS.

AND INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ADJUSTING THESE ISSUES OUR FEDERAL AND STATE LEADERS HAVE A CIRCUS CAMPAIGN WHERE THEY SEIZE PEOPLE FOR HOW THEY LOOK, HOW THEY SPEAK AND WHERE THEY WORK AND INCLUDING CHILDREN AND OUR OWN CITIZENS. NOTHING MATERIALLY CHANGES FOR OUR WORKING FAMILIES DURING THIS. BUT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE NOW GONE. FAMILIES ARE SEPARATED. AND SCHOOLS LOSE STUDENTS AND PERSONAL FREEDOMS ARE STRIPPED ACROSS THE BOARD. AND I SUPPORT OF COUNCILMAN MUNGIA LOOKED AT AND I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE TO HAVE A LOCAL REPORTING SYSTEM WHOSE CITIZENS FEEL THAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REPORT THAT AND TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THINGS THEY CAN DO NEXT. I BELIEVE THAT -- I THINK THAT SAPD IS A GOOD PLACE FOR THAT BUT I WANTED TO ALSO SEE WITHIN THE OFFICE -- THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, TO PARTICULARLY TO THE NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE, TO AD LEAST TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO WHERE TO GO OUT FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND SUCH.

WHILE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THEIR CASES, WHETHER IT'S THE FOURTH OR THE FIFTH OR SIXTH AMENDMENT, ALL ARE IN PLAY AT THE MOMENT AND ARE JEOPARDIZED BY ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKING PLACE BY THE FEDERAL AGENTS IS JUST CRITICAL TO HAVE.

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SHOULD REQUEST THAT EVERY TIME. WHETHER WE GET IT OR NOT, OF COURSE, IS UP TO THE AGENCY, FRANKLY. BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S OUR DUTY TO AT LEAST AND FOR IT.

I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE. I WANT TO END ON THIS POINT. I REPRESENT A PART OF EDGEWOOD, ALONG WITH DISTRICT 5, WE SHARE THAT VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR CITY IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WASN'T ABLE TO ADEQUATELY FUND OUR SCHOOLS IN THE AREA IT WAS MY RESIDENTS THAT WALKED OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE 1970S AND TOOK LEGAL ACTION TO THE STATE AND WON. [APPLAUSE] THAT IS THE POWER OF THE 10TH AMENDMENT. WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT JUST AND THINGS ARE NOT HAPPENING IT'S UP TO THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE TO PUSH BACK.

SO THIS EFFORT WILL TAKE BOTH LEADERS HERE AND THE EVERYDAY RESIDENT IN FRONT OF ME AND ACROSS OUR CITY TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD THAT WE DESERVE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE]

>> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO-ARGUIANO: ICE HAS NO PLACE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE THIS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE'RE SEEING PLAY OUT IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THIS NATION IS TEXTBOOK FASCISM. WE'RE SEEING THE UNDERMINING OF DUE PROCESS WITH INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP TO COURT THAT ARE BEING DETAINED. WE ARE HEARING ABOUT A MEMO BEING CIRCULATING, AUTHORIZING I.C.E. TO ENTER THE HOMES OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND AN ATTACK ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION HOW WE NAVIGATE PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, PASSING THE BUCK TO THE CONGRESS WHEN OUR OWN CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION CAN'T RECEIVE INFORMATION ON THE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON SAN PEDRO IS ASININE. AND FURTHER TO COUPLE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH I.C.E. IS ASININE. [APPLAUSE] SAPD OFFICERS GO THROUGH RIGOROUS TRAINING OVER.

I.C.E., THEIR TRAINING IS ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AND IT'S BEEN REDUCED, AND THEY'RE GIVEN A BADGE AND A GUN AS JOURNALISTS HAVE FOUND THAT THEY APPLY AND GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO DIMINISH THE WORK OF SAPD OFFICERS BY COUPLING THEM WITH I.C.E.

AGENTS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JOIN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SAN ANTONIO I SUPPORT THE ASK THE COUNCILMAN MUNGIA ON HOW TO TRACK WHEN THE FOLKS' CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED AND ALSO TRACKING ANY INFORMATION WHEN WE LEARN OF AN I.C.E. RAID IN OUR COMMUNITY. MY UNDERSTANDING -- ONE THING, I WANT TO THANK CHIEF MCMANUS FOR WALKING THROUGH HOW SAPD IS NOT TRAINED OR ENFORCES IMMIGRATION LAUGH.

I HAD A QUESTION FOR ANDY. IN TERMS OF I.C.E. WARRANTS, DO I.C.E. WARRANTS PROVIDE TEXAS

LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH THE LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR ARRESTS? >> THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS

DO NOT, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR. >> CASTILLO-ARGUIANO: I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAYOR THE WORK OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHICH P.D. CAN READ THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE BEING STOPPED. FURTHER, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW BE, THAT THERE'S -- A NUMBER OF MOVING PIECES, RIGHT, BUT I'M MOVED BY THE FOLKS WHO GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. BECAUSE I'M REMINDED DURING THE "BLACK LIVES MOVEMENT," THAT WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE IN THE STREETS AND ORGANIZE TO TAKE THESE SEATS. BECAUSE AS FOLKS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED -- AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY -- WHETHER IT'S CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS RIGHTS, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE WORK AND THE LEADERSHIP TO ACT.

AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE. YES, WE HAVE SB-4 BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR TO US DO MORE WITHIN OUR LEGAL ABILITY, AND I WOULD SECOND COUNCILMAN MUNGIA'S COMMENT IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FILE SUIT, WE SHOULD. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. AND THE MINUTE THAT WE LEARN THAT AN I.C.E. AGENT ENTERS A RESIDENT'S HOUSE WITHOUT A JUDICIAL WARRANT, WE SHOULD FILE SUIT.

[APPLAUSE] IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS CONVERSATION OR THE WORK.

ABOUT CRIMINALIZATION. AND THAT'S WHY WE SAW A 5-YEAR-OLD IN MINNESOTA TO BE

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AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITHIN THE LAW TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND, AGAIN, I JOIN MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

AND I JOIN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ASK THAT THIS BODY DO MORE.

LAST WEEK OR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS AT A SCHOOL CLOSURE MEETING, AND I WAS THERE TO TAKE NOTE OF ANY INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, OR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS MAY HAVE HAD. AND A RESIDENT STOOD UP AND LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WHAT THE FUCK ARE Y'ALL DOING ABOUT I.C.E. IN OUR CITY. HE BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO DIMINISH THEIR BILINGUAL CLASSES BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO SCHOOL.

THEY'RE HAVING TO VOTE TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AND NOW WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT CLOSING RHODES MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE NOT COMING TO SCHOOL AND IT'S IMPACTING THE FUNDING. AND ULTIMATELY IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR KIDS AND THEIR EDUCATION AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO MUCH MORE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TO US.

BECAUSE OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION IS NOT RECEIVING INFORMATION, AND WE MUST HOLD OUR ELECTED ACCOUNTABLE, WHETHER YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT -- WE HAVE BOTH VOTES ON BOTH SIDES TO MILITARIZE AND TO CONTINUE TO GIVE I.C.E. MORE FUNDING. SO LET'S CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN

MEZA GONZALEZ. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU TO THE 160 PLUS PEOPLE. AND EVERYONE WATCHING TO KNOW THAT I JOIN OUR COMMUNITY IN BEING RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, MY NEIGHBORS, AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS COORDINATING WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS.

IT'S BEEN STATED BY SAPD, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY ARE TRAINED IN CRIMINAL LAW AS THEY SHOULD BE AND DO NOT ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW. CAN -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A MARIA QUESTION, BUT CAN YOU SHARE HOW PD HAS BEEN TRAINED? WE KNOW THAT THESE IMMIGRATION DETAINERS OR ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS ARE ALL COMING FAST. AND SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE

OF WHAT THAT TRAINING LOOKS LIKE FOR PD? >> SO, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT ISSUE IS KIND OF NEW ON THE SCENE. WE HAVE PUT OUT A -- A TRAINING DOCUMENT, IF YOU WILL, TO OUR FOLKS. AND WE ARE NOT -- AND I WILL REPEAT WHAT IT SAYS -- WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANTS. ADMINISTRATIVE I.C.E. WARRANTS.

THEY STOPPED DUMPING THEM INTO NCIC BY THE THOUSANDS I UNDERSTAND, AND NOW -- AND THEY LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL WARRANT WHEN THEY COME OUT AND YOU HAVE TO READ IT VERY CLOSELY.

BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THAT OR TO SERVE THAT WARRANT.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. >> GONZALEZ: SO THE OFFICERS ARE

TRAINED THROUGH A MEMO ON THE DETAINER -- >> YES, MA'AM.

YES, MA'AM. EASY ENOUGH -- NOTHING DIFFICULT ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE NOT TRAINED IN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I OFTEN SAY TO PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU HEARD OF A SAPD OFFICER SEVERING A WARRANT FOR TAX

EVASION WHICH IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE. >> GONZALEZ: I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MUNICIPALITIES IN TEXAS HAVE PARAMETERS SET BY OUR STATE LEGISLATURE THAT LIMIT WHAT ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE DUE TO SB-4.

BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 8 KNOW THAT I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH THEM.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE PER IT THE SAFETY OF EVERY NEIGHBOR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> MAYOR JONES: COUNCILWOMAN KAUR.

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO MUCH FOR NOT GETTING POLITICAL.

I WANT TO THANK MAYOR JONES FOR BRINGING THIS TO FULL COUNCIL. SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE ALL NEEDED TO HAVE TOGETHER. AND SO I RECOGNIZE YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS AND FOR ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO REALLY HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

YEAH, LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] SO, AS FOLKS WERE TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I'M A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN, AND SO MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ACTUALLY CAME HERE UNDOCUMENTED. AND I WAS HEARING THE ATTORNEY SPEAK WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE WOMAN -- OR REPRESENTING THE GENTLEMAN ARRESTED AT THE RAID

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I TH THINK ABOUT ALL OF MY FAMIY MEMBERS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO KNOW THAT THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR BACKYARD. I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LINE IS. WHERE DOES IT STOP? AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CROSSWALKS AND WE WERE UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT, AND WE FOUND A WAY TO STILL SHOW OUR COMMUNITY PRIDE. AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIND A WAY.

BUT I JUST CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT WHERE DOES THE LINE STOP. AND I KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HAS TALKED ABOUT CONGRESS AND -- YOU ARE RIGHT -- CONGRESS REALLY IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE HAVE A HUGE PRIMARY DEMOCRATIC RACE COMING UP THIS MARCH AND SO I KNOW THAT ONE THING THAT I'LL BE DOING IS VOTING FOR DAVE OR JASMINE CROCKETT, TWO GREAT CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS. AND SO I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS WILL ADVOCATE TOGETHER LIKE MY OTHER COLLEAGUE SAID TO GO OUT AND TO VOTE. BECAUSE THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE THING THAT WE CAN DO. BUT THERE HAS TO BE MORE THAT WE CAN DO LOCALLY.

AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID MUCH MORE CLEARLY AND SOPHISTICATED AND IMPASSIONATELY THAN THEY WE REPRESENT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

AND WE WANT TO CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR THEM ALL. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT. WE HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO DO MORE. AND I THINK THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, VERY LEAST -- THAT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I FEEL.

AND I KNOW THAT I PLAYED A PART IN THAT, BUT WE JUST COULD NOT GET THE ANSWERS THAT WE NEEDED.

I HOPE THAT ALL OF US CAN COMMIT TO STEPPING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT TRANSPARENCY PIECE, WHETHER THAT LOOKS AT LEAST DOCUMENTING FROM COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT YOU SEE AN AGENT PULLING OVER SOMEONE FOR AND ARRESTING THEM. I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT. ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THOUGH IS THAT -- AND I THINK THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ALSO HIT ON THIS -- IS THAT THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK AGAINST ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, RIGHT? WE DON'T BELIEVE -- ALL OF OUR OFFICERS -- I HAVE TWO S.A.F.E. OFFICERS STANDING IN THE BACK OUR DISTRICT 1S.A.F.E. OFFICERS THAT ARE MANAGING THE DOOR AND THEY ARE HELPING WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT ONE, PARTICULARLY THE INNER CITY SCHOOLS. AND THEY CARE ABOUT THOSE SAME KIDS WHO ARE SCARED TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE LOCAL SAPD OFFICERS THAT DO REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR KID AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S WORK.

[APPLAUSE] I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OFFICERS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY NOT THAT WAY. AND WE PROBABLY DO HAVE THE GAMUT.

I THINK THAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING THE APPROPRIATE ACTION WHERE NECESSARY. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS MENTIONED THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RULE ABOUT GIVING FOLKS THEIR RIGHTS BEFORE THEY ARE ARRESTED. WERE WE ABLE TO GET ANY RESEARCH

ON THAT? >> COUNCILWOMAN, QUICKLY, I THINK THAT WAS A RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2018. WE WILL DO SOME FOLLOW-UP BASED

ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION. >> KAUR: OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AND HOW IT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND I TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH BUT I COULDN'T GET VERY FAR. SO IF WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

AND IN ADDITION I HAD LIBRARIANS REACH OUT AND SAY WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR COSA STAFF AT LIBRARIES IF THE I.C.E. AGENTS ARRIVE AT SITE OR FOR COMMUNITY CENTERS?

>> WELL, SO, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING AT ANY CITY FACILITY, UM, IF THERE IS ANY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT -- THIS IS GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE SENT OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS LAST SPRING, UM, THAT THEY ARE TO COOPERATE. AND THEY ARE TO NOTIFY THEIR SUPERVISOR AND HR.

AND IN THE CASE WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UNCERTAINTY, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

TO NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> KAUR: MY STAFF WENT THROUGH THE "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" TRAINING IN CASE A CONSTITUENT CAME TO US THAT THEY WOULD KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO RESPOND.

HAS ALL OF THE COSA STAFF DONE THAT AS WELL? >> WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU, I'M NOT SURE OFF OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE PUSHED OUT A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION LAST SPRING BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID "KNOW YOUR

> KAUR: I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO THAT AND TO MAKE THAT Select to skip to this part of the video">RIGHTS" AT THAT POINT. >> KAUR: I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK INTO THAT AND TO MAKE THAT

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SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK INTO SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR AN RFP THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP TO SUPPORT OUR NON-PROFITS. WE SAW SOME CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS THAT WERE HERE AND WE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE COSTS THAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE FACING FOR BEING DETAINED.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT AN RFP TO HELP TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF I.C.E. RAIDS AND ALSO OF ILLEGAL ARRESTS. [APPLAUSE] AND I ALSO DON'T THINK -- I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND TO BE CALCULATED BASED ON THE LEGAL COSTS AND RETALIATION, BUT THAT CANNOT BE THE SOLE WAY THAT WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THIS BODY.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET CREATIVE. WE FIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENTS, WE HAVE A GREAT LEGAL TEAM, AND YOU GUYS FIGHT LAWSUITS ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE IT ON. WHILE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE RECKLESS, WE HAVE TO TRY TO BE STRATEGIC AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT OUR RES DEN RESIDENTS.

AND WE HEAR IT. AND FOLKS ARE ASKING US TO STEP UP AND TO DO MORE.

AND MY FIRST YEAR AS A TEACHER THEY TAUGHT US THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT KIDS ARE DOING OUT OF SCHOOL AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR CLASSROOM AND DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW WHAT OUR CONTROL IS AND AT THE SAME TIME TO PUSH THE LIMITS AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN CREATIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I THINK THAT THE SPEAKER THAT HIT ME THE MOST WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SPEAKING FROM THE PARENT, THE MESSAGES FROM HER AND TRANSLATING WHAT THE FAMILIES WERE SAYING BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, A 12-YEAR-OLD KID DOES NOT KNOW WHAT A LEGAL DOCUMENT SAYS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY BELONG IN A COMMUNITY.

ALL THEY KNOW IS THAT THEY ARE IN A SPACE AND THEY FEEL LOVED AND INCLUDED AND COMPASSIONATE.

AND I AM SORRY, BUT KICKING THEM OUT OF THEIR SCHOOL OR KICKING THEIR PARENTS OUT IS NOT THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO. SO IN THIS SITUATION, I DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN BE COMPASSIONATE AND ALSO FOLLOW WHAT I.C.E. IS DOING. AND SO I AGREE WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL SUPPORT IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN. THANKS, MAYOR.

[APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR JONES: HAS EVERYONE SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO MY COLLEAGUES, THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU THAT STAYED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF IT.

I EMPATHIZE IN PARTICULAR WITH ONE OF THE SPEAKERS WHO HERSELF IS A VETERAN, AND SPOKE ABOUT, UM, HER CONCERN FOR SOME OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY BE IMPACTED, OR JUST THE FEAR OF BEING IMPACTED BY WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THERE'S THIS CONTRAST, RIGHT, BETWEEN THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS -- SOME OF THE I.C.E. AGENTS ARE VETERANS. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE FOLKS IMPACTED BY THIS AND FEARFUL FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE THEMSELVES VETERANS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S VETERANS ALL ACROSS HERE. I WILL SHARE AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WATCHING WHAT IS HAPPENING, UM, OFTEN MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAN THE NEWS AS WAS RIGHTLY POINTED OUT. THAT SOME OF THE NEWS HAS CONSTRAINED ITSELF.

THE VIDEO IN PARTICULAR, UM, ABOUT AGENTS, UM, MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT SOMEBODY'S IMMIGRATION STATUS, BASED PURELY ON THEIR ACCENT. I SAY THAT AS A PROUD FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN, AS SOMEBODY WHOSE MOTHER IS STILL SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED OF HER ACCENT AS SHE WOULD SHARE. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO GOES TO A CHURCH THAT IS 85% IMMIGRANT.

AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF US SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE OR HAVE THAT FAMILIARITY IN OUR LIVES.

SO THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE KNOW THAT IS IMPACTING OUR CITY, EVEN IF NOT DIRECTLY, WE KNOW THAT OUR EVERYDAY ASPECTS OF OUR DAYS ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. AND I THINK WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT LAWSUITS, FRANKLY, THAT MANY OF UP HERE ARE SCARED OF.

YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE GREAT LAWYERS. I'M NOT FEARFUL OF A LAWSUIT.

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WHEN YOU SEE THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS INTO COMMUNITIES, IT'S A DIFFERENT GAME.

IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATO NAVIGATE AS I SAID EARLIER THE BALANCE OF IT. AND I GET -- THERE'S DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES UP HERE, AND IN OUR COMMUNITY -- UNDERSTANDABLY, THROUGH WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. I THINK ALL OF US HERE ARE NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT IS ACHIEVABLE IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME. FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS IRRESPECTIVE, FRANKLY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME HERE TODAY AND TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THOSE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY AND HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE -- WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, UM, IS, IN FACT, THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION.

AND SO FEBRUARY 2ND, IS THE LAST TIME TO REGISTER TO VOTE BEFORE THE MARCH 3RD PRIMARY, SO, PLEASE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT. AND, AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. ANDY, AND ERIK, YOU HEARD MANY OF THE ASKS UP HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE FOLLOW-UPS IN SHORT ORDER.

THANK YOU. AND THE TIME IS NOW 8:23 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.