Oxnard—The story about the July 29 City Council Special Meeting continues with local residents making comments and expressing worries about ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
City Manager Alex Nguyen noted that the Farm Bureau condemned ICE.
“Then it proceeds to instruct us, the City, County, State, all the legislatures should do, but it was silent on what the Agri-Business would do for all their employees,” he said. “It discusses their $2 billion-plus economy, part of it.”
Martina Gallegos was followed by Sarah.
“It’s really difficult for us to attend events with the Pledge of Allegiance and Patriotic songs with what’s going on with the Immigrant Community,” Gallegos said.
She wrote, “I breathe for the man who works in the scorching sun, and collects the harvest that makes others rich. I breathe for the Mother who leaves their Children alone so that she can work in the fields under the blazing sun. I breathe for the minors who have to quit school to work in inclement weather conditions to help their siblings.”
She also breathes for the single Mother or married Woman who works under heavy smoke and wind storms in the field so that the Farmer can take…
