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SANTA ANA CITY COUNCIL
<br />Valerie Amezcua
<br />Mayor
<br />vamezcua@santa-ana.org
<br />Benjamin Vazquez
<br />Mayor Pro Tem, Ward 2
<br />bvazquez@santa-ana.org
<br />Thai Viet Phan
<br />Ward 1
<br />tphan@santa-ana.org
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<br />Jessie Lopez
<br />Ward 3
<br />jessielopez@santa-ana.org
<br />Phil Bacerra
<br />Ward 4
<br />pbacerra@santa-ana.org
<br />Johnathan Ryan Hernandez
<br />Ward 5
<br />jryanhernandez@santa-ana.org
<br />David Penaloza
<br />Ward 6
<br />dpenaloza@santa-ana.org
<br />•The basis for the enforcement action, as reflected in records including but not limited
<br />to judicial warrants, administrative warrants, or internal ICE approvals preceding the
<br />enforcement action, and the basis for the arrest of any "collateral" targets;
<br />•A description of the enforcement action(s), such as by incident report or comparable
<br />post-action records;
<br />•The alleged immigration violation(s), and/or criminal conviction(s) or pending
<br />criminal charge(s) related to the target(s) of the enforcement action, and any records
<br />that indicate whether those violations were known to ICE at the time of arrest;
<br />•The detention location(s) and any transfer(s) locations of individual(s) arrested or
<br />detained by ICE;
<br />•The administrative proceedings, court proceedings, removal proceedings, or other
<br />immigration administrative and/or judicial process for any individuals arrested or
<br />detained by ICE, and the status of those processes;
<br />•Current immigration status of the individual(s) arrested (i.e., humanitarian parole,
<br />deferred action, special immigrant juvenile, etc.); and
<br />•Complaints, investigations, or disciplinary actions related to the enforcement action.
<br />The City of Santa Ana also seeks any and all policies, directives, memoranda,
<br />guidance, field manuals, standard operating procedures, checklists, and training
<br />modules prepared, modified, issued, or reissued by ICE on or after January 20, 2025,
<br />reflecting ICE policy and practice with respect to:
<br />•The use of, or limitations on the use of, race, ethnicity, national origin, or physical
<br />appearance in initiating contact with or arresting individuals;
<br />•The use of, or limitations on the use of, face masks or other manners of obscuring
<br />the identity of ICE officials conducting immigration enforcement actions;
<br />•Damage to personal or public property during or in connection with immigration
<br />enforcement actions;
<br />•ICE officials' duty, or lack thereof, to identify themselves-verbally, through their
<br />clothing, with a badge, or by any other means-before, during, or after an immigration
<br />enforcement action.
<br />The City seeks the above records for the period between January 20, 2025, and the
<br />date of this request.
<br />The City asks that any records that exist in electronic form be provided in their native
<br />electronic format via electronic file transfer protocol (“FTP”), USB flash drive, or
<br />equivalent electronic medium. The City ask that any documents stored in Portable
<br />Document Format ("PDFs") be provided as individual files in a searchable PDF format.
<br />All requested records that are responsive may be provided with personally identifying
<br />details redacted. FOIA exempts information from disclosure if that disclosure would lead
<br />to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6). Determination of this
<br />exemption requires a balancing of the public's interest in obtaining the information
<br />against any possible invasions of privacy which would result from disclosure. See, e.g.,
<br />Wood v. FBI, 432 F.3d 78, 87-89 (2d Cir. 2005). The City expects the release of all
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