In a separate move, the Council directed the City Manager to file a FOIA request with ICE seeking detailed records of enforcement activity in Santa Ana between January 20 and July 1, 2025.

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The city manager’s office said the changes are meant to “align” the commission with state law and maintain “best practices in ...

Santa Ana takes another look at sanctuary city advisory group Demonstrators block parts of Santa Ana Boulevard during a Feb. 3 protest of Trump’s immigration policies.

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 ...

Residents packed the Santa Ana City Council chambers Tuesday night to criticize the police department for turning on its own residents at recent anti-ICE demonstrations.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The Santa Ana City Council is considering a policy requiring its police department to notify the public about ICE and DHS's presence in the city. Mia Verdin was among a ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- Santa Ana Mayor Valerie Amezcua is speaking out days after outrage over immigration and customs enforcement raids in the city resulted in clashes between peaceful ...

Santa Ana Police Chief Robert Rodriguez affirmed the notion. “The city cannot directly remove the National Guard,” City Atty. Sonia Carvalho added.

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 ...