City of Camarillo
Public Comments
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 02:56 PMPUBLIC COMMENTS
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Meeting Date Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Agency City Council
Item Type Item Not On Agenda
Item Number or Subject ICE and city of Camarillo
Position Oppose
Comments My name is Liza Diniakos. I am a Program Manager with the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP). I am here today as a concerned resident of Ventura County to ask for your support to end all collaboration with ICE in the City of Camarillo.
Aside from the increased traffic caused by ICE’s processing center at 321 Cortez Circle in Camarillo which dispatches and receives ICE and other agency vehicles at all hours of the day and night, there is also a rise in the use of law enforcement to aid this agency’s purpose.
ICE does not hold itself accountable, but asks others to be accountable to it, such as law enforcement. An example of ICE’s blatant disregard for rules and professionalism is this.
Yesterday, a staff person from MICOP attended an ICE check-in for an individual who is a client of MICOP. The staff simply asked for the ICE personnel’s name. The result is the door was shut in our staff person’s face by this rogue individual. Yet, ICE can expect assistance from our law enforcement? This agency without regard for rules and professionalism can behave as though law enforcement should support their lawless purpose? 1 ICE agents in our communities are behaving like terrorists.
They wear masks, they treat people disrespectfully and in some cases, cause physical injury. We, as community members are paying their salaries. It is wrong and it is not how we, as a community, believe people should be treated.
Please be accountable to the people of Camarillo. End ICE involvement in Camarillo.
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IDENTIFICATION
Name Liza Diniakos
Address 505 S. A Street
Oxnard, CA, 93030
Telephone (805) 483-1166
Email [email protected]
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