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residents have reported that constitutional and due process rights have been violated by ICE. She stated that Redwood City prides itself on diversity and inclusiveness and asked Council consider passing a resolution to support the immigrant families and condemn the way the ICE operations have been carried out. She submitted a copy of draft language and petitions with several hundred signatures to Council asking them to consider it. Mayor Pierce stated that Council is not allowed to discuss or make a decision on this issue this evening because it has not been formally agendized and noticed to the public, but that they will come up with an opportunity to discuss and agendize it as appropriate in the future. Mother Anna B. Lange -Soto, pastor of El Buen Episcopal Church and member of Peninsula Interface Action, stated that she wanted to underscore and investigate the procedures that ICE has used in posing as local police, breaking laws and violating people's constitutional rights based on data collected from the American Immigration Lawyer's Association. She asked Council to help confront ICE with these issues, encourage them to follow the law, and to pass a resolution making this City a sanctuary city. She stated that it is important to realize that that any such resolution would not keep ICE out of the City, but it would send a strong message to Congress who ultimately has responsibility to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Vicky Avila, from the Coalicion ProDerechos de los Immigrantes, stated her support for pro- immigrant, pro - coalition rights, and a resolution on being a sanctuary city. She stated that people work on this issue because it is an emergency in Redwood City and that they need attention from Council. Mayor Pierce (with Spanish translation provided by Council Member Aguirre): no matter what side you have in this affair, the City Council cannot act on this this evening and when they do decide to act, it will be publicly noticed so that everyone can be aware of it because all of their decisions are made in the public eye. Paul Thiebaut Jr. stated that he had initially wanted to talk about the parking meters but changed his mind as this not being the right time with everyone here for another reason. He stated that he has lived most of his life within Redwood City in an area heavily populated by Latinos, and he wanted to note that most crimes are committed by non - Latino American people and that he did not see the fewer crimes committed by Latino Americans as a reason for ICE to come into community and take people away from their families by deporting them. He expressed his admiration for the progress made by Venezulan leader Ugo Chavez in caring about their poor and his belief that that people risk their lives to come here for the opportunities they did not have in their countries. He stated his support for the people. Alex Ramirez and Paul Thiebaut III had donated their time to Paul Thiebaut Jr. JOINT CITY COUNCIL /REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AND APRIL 23, 2007 PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES PAGE 5 MINUTE BOOK NO. 61 Page No. 381