ICE / FCI Dublin facility

Criticized ICE operations and urged the council to oppose a detention facility in the Tri-Valley, invoking Pleasanton's character values.

Said ICE is already operating in the area and asked what the council will do to protect immigrant neighbors; requested a resolution reaffirming the city's commitment.

Read names of people who died in ICE custody and argued DHS cannot be trusted; urged the council to join Dublin and Alameda County in opposing the facility.

Urged a formal resolution opposing the Dublin ICE facility, saying silence will be construed as consent.

An immigrant who became a citizen 10 years ago, described carrying her passport out of fear and asked the council to oppose the facility as a matter of community character.

Argued opposing the Dublin facility could push detainees to distant states; said the council was right to previously stay out of the issue.

Cited the DHS letter stating no ICE facility is planned at FCI Dublin and argued the council should respond to actual actions, not anticipated ones.

A Dublin resident whose father survived the Bataan Death March, drew parallels to detention camps and urged support for the ICE-out-of-Dublin resolution effort.

Urged the council to decline action on the Dublin facility, calling it a federal matter outside Pleasanton's jurisdiction that diverts staff time.

A vigil attendee, made a final plea to keep ICE out of the community.

Argued the facility conversion is impractical, that opposition speakers want to abolish ICE, and cited crime victims including Kate Steinle and Laken Riley.