Elected officials and residents in Garden Grove and Stanton – two cities who had the most people evacuated – are demanding accountability and financial reparations for impacted residents and businesses for the chemical tank emergency.
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Garden Grove to Launch Online Immigration Resource Hub
Garden Grove will join a host of Orange County cities that have launched an online resource hub for immigrant families on their municipal websites.
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Garden Grove Becomes Flashpoint of Immigration Debate in Orange County
While council members debated posting immigrant resources on the city’s website, questions of potentially losing federal funding and imprisonment of elected officials surfaced – along with who federal agents are targeting.
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Will Garden Grove Launch an Immigration Resource Hub as Deportations Ramp Up?
Garden Grove officials will consider launching an online immigration resource hub on their city website after resisting responding to the ICE sweeps for months just as the raids begin to ramp up again.
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As Immigration Aid Expands in OC, A Westminster Official Wants Police Working With ICE
Efforts to expand immigration aid in Orange County continue as some elected officials called on local police officers to work with ICE.
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Garden Grove Leaders Back Off From Responding to ICE Raids
Garden Grove officials are holding off on adopting a resolution intended to be a collective response to the widespread deportation sweeps amid public pressure to take a stand.
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Will Garden Grove Officials Finally Respond to ICE Raids?
As residents call for the city to take a strong stand against deportation sweeps, city officials are considering a resolution reaffirming that local police don’t participate in immigration enforcement.
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Garden Grove Public Works Crews Rally for Raises
The city’s nearly 90 public works employees are pushing for an across the board raise to ease the impacts of inflation and rising healthcare costs – along with specialized pay for things like heavy equipment operators.
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ICE Raids Spur Calls for Community Aid in Another Orange County City
Some Garden Grove residents want city leaders to alert the community about ICE raids as well as support immigrants with resources in a town where roughly half the population is foreign born.
