SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Santa Clara County leaders are coming collectively to demand motion of their cities. In a time of concern and unknown, Latino members of native governments signed a pledge to not solely discuss constructing a greater neighborhood for immigrants and households, however truly doing one thing about it.
This comes as a mom and her kids held one another a bit tighter Monday, having skilled the ache of getting a beloved one actually stripped from their grasps.
Adilene Alvarez shared the story of when her husband was detained by ICE in April, whereas taking their two and three-year-old kids to daycare.
“I held them as tight as I may, attempting to be sturdy for them despite the fact that I used to be falling aside inside. That second won’t ever go away me,” Alvarez mentioned.
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It is a story all too acquainted, as concern of immigration enforcement spreads all through the nation and right here within the Bay Space.
However for the primary time, Santa Clara County Latino leaders got here collectively to ship a pledge to fight dangerous immigration insurance policies.
“Extra importantly, that you just decide to the subsequent steps,” Santa Clara Co. Supervisor Sylvia Arenas mentioned. “Which suggests, in your individual municipality, you’ll just remember to take insurance policies and current them to your council, to your board, and be sure that they will go.”
With every signature, a bodily reminder to show management is just not measured solely by what is claimed, however by what is completed – from the massive metropolis of San Jose to the smaller communities like Campbell.
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“I am so pleased with this unprecedented coalition that has come out to inform residents in Santa Clara County – immigrant, undocumented, mixed-status, no matter you’re – that is your private home, we’re right here for you and we have now your again,” Campbell Mayor Sergio Lopez mentioned.
Former San Jose Metropolis Councilmember Sergio Jimenez says this pledge comes at an vital time.
He says the 4th of July vacation ought to function a reminder of the place we got here from when contemplating the place we’re going.
“As you are having the new canines, the BBQs, the fireworks, and also you have a look at that flag, I might say keep in mind the promise – keep in mind the inspiration of this very nation,” Jimenez mentioned.
These leaders stand by these authentic morals of 1 nation, the place we will stay with liberty and justice for all.
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