Responding to Trump, Ventura proposes protections for LGBTQ+ people and immigrants

The proposal considered Tuesday night would have been a large seat in a small city, to protect the huge vulnerable population of the Trump administration – LGBTQ+ communities, undocumented immigrants and women seeking reproductive health care.

Instead, this turned the Ventura City Council meeting into a five-hour forum packed with five hours, for some of the biggest differences in the country. More than 130 people signed the idea to the Council.

Some people choked. Others shouted. There are signs of duel: “Transex rights are human rights.” Graphic photos of miscarriage fetus.

“You’re lucky for those who don’t have to live in fear, but you can also be straightforward white people. The reality is that many of us live in fear. This policy is needed to help reduce that fear,” former U.S. Marine Captain Shawn Terris said in public comments.

She added to Jace and cheers: “I believe Jesus Christ will approve this policy.”

Nate Hargus, a trans activist, told the city council: “None of you has voted on health care. You are voting whether to kill innocent children. … All of you are willing to protect everyone, but not your own.”

Finally, the city council delayed anything about the so-called Ventura care policy, which is essentially a broad “sanitary city” ordinance.

Lez Campos, a member of the Councillor who introduced community autonomy, rights and equality policies, brought it out of consideration. She plans to fine-tune her language and bring it back to the council next month.

When the Council members suggested that the broad measures be attributed to the statements reaffirming marginalized communities, the audience shouted, “We don’t want your statement, co-husband!” and “We will defend ourselves! Shame on you!”

Campos told council members: “In addition to filling potholes and making decisions about … smaller projects, I think our residents want us to protect them.”

She added: “I have some very strong feelings about staying as strong as possible.”

The care policy calls on local officials and law enforcement to refuse potential investigations with federal immigration enforcement and people who dedicate or receive gender affirmation or reproductive care.

It has raised concerns among some public and city council members, and President Trump vowed to Cut federal funding For sanctuary cities, 110,000 people will be targeted.

“I don’t believe we’re not going to risk spending millions of dollars on the city,” said Deputy Mayor Doug Halter.

Mayor Jeannette Sanchez-Palacios said she “will rather make people angry at me because I voted to be happy with me because I voted for it and still wouldn’t do what they thought they would do.”

She said she did not give people “a false sense of protection, a false sense of hope.”

Campos told The Times before the meeting that the ordinance was intended to protect “the community that was attacked by the president and he believed he could use executive orders to change the constitution.”

Just like the sanctuary city policy adopted nationwide, it includes Los Angeles and San Francisco – Ventura Care Policy will prohibit the use of city funds, resources and personnel to help “federal immigration enforcement activities, including deportation raids, detention or investigations”.

The ordinance would prohibit city employees, including law enforcement, from “judicial decrees without law signed and authorized” with federal agencies, including sharing of individual immigration status or other data that can be used to determine that.

The care policy will also prohibit the use of urban resources to investigate people seeking or providing gender communication or reproductive care within the city limits of Ventura (including abortion services and birth control pills).

The proposal says the city “will not recognize or enforce subpoenas, warrants or requests from out-of-state entities to seek information or help from individuals traveling to Ventura for reproductive or gender-benefiting health care.”

State laws have covered many policies.

Abortion and contraception opportunities are California Constitution. State Law Stop outside the state’s attempts Punish families who come to California for medical care for trans children and teenagers. and sanctuary state law Restrict how law enforcement can work with federal immigration authorities.

Ventura Nursing Policy is Debating As Trump moves at a dazzling speed and a series of executive orders Crack down on illegal immigration And target Transgender people.

Last week, he invoked the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 in an attempt to exploit wartime powers to expel undocumented immigrants with little or no due process. (Federal Judge Stopped deportation Place the order in a few hours later. )

Trump signed in January Executive Order – Now Blocked nationwide – Target End the right to reproductive citizenship For children who immigrate without a document. other The executive order declares that the federal government only recognizes “both men and women” as “unchanged”.

another Executive Order strengthen Hyde Amendmentwhich limits federal funding for most abortions – including coverage through Medicaid.

Ventura resident Dale Marinus, the first public commenter, told the council that he disagreed with the policy and that he had sent a copy to several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jeff Wentling, a lifelong Ventura resident, said he was a four-year-old father and nine grandfather, and said he was troubled by the part of the care policy that deals with gender-affirming care.

“I believe we need to make kids kids and we don’t need to talk about the nature of young kids,” he said.

He added: “Now, we’re talking about gender changes in people as teenagers. When I was a teenager, I was a resting dancer, I was a skateboarder, and I was all these different things. Thank God, I didn’t do anything to myself that I would regret for the future.”

Amber Thompson was followed by a trans woman and mother of two on the microphone, living in Ventura for 25 years.

She replied to his comment, “My gender is not sexual.”

Thompson and Michelle Rosenblum, another trans woman living in Ventura, told Times that they worked together to complete the original draft care policy for Campos, whom they worked with.

Rosenblum said she hurried to update her birth certificate in California to show she had transitioned after Trump was re-election.

Then, she applied for renewal of her passport, which she had not renewed since she was a child. She applied for women but received a letter from the U.S. State Department saying her application must “correct your information to show your biological gender at birth.”

Rosenblum said the work of developing nursing policies made her feel that she could do something locally to try to make a difference.

“Like many of us, I’m in a hurry,” she said. “We’re scrolling all the time. Like, what should I do? I can post on the Blues or Instagram, but I want to take action.”

Thompson said the care policy is intended to cover these three communities: LGBTQ+ people, immigrants and women – “because there is power in numbers.”

“When you only look at trans policies, you’re talking about 1% of people are transgender She herself added our allies and you will have a loud, voice objection. “By being more inclusive and building larger tents, more support can be provided for such policies. …These three segments now require strong protection. ”

Thompson said in an Instagram video Wednesday morning that she hopes it will “a stronger, clearer and more legal resistance to bad faith attacks” when she brings care policy back to the city council next month.

“When this policy pays off, we all show up and we hope Ventura’s leadership will also show up for us with real protection, not just performative politics,” she said.

“We won’t spend less money, nor deserve it. See you in six weeks.”