Santa Ana City Council members on Tuesday voted to move forward with a program that would create an alert system to notify residents before federal immigration sweeps.
After an hours-long meeting, which included a lengthy public comment section, members will now learn more about the system and any possible implications that may stem from it.
Santa Ana is Orange County’s only sanctuary city, meaning that they will not offer resources to federal immigration efforts, which is why council members Johnathan Hernandez and Benjamin Vazquez proposed directing the city’s police department to notify residents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, activity happening in the city within 48 hours of their receipt of federal notification…