Overview

• Mayor Michael Vargas warned residents to stay indoors and know their rights after city officials received reports of unannounced ICE operations.
• Council members Marisela Nava and Malcolm Corona condemned masked ICE agents for targeting non-criminal residents without identifying themselves.
• Bishop Alberto Rojas granted dispensation allowing parishioners to miss Sunday Mass over fears of deportation raids.
• On July 8, lawmakers introduced legislation to ban masked ICE enforcement operations and require agents to display clear identification.
• Perris, with almost 80% of its roughly 83,000 residents identifying as Hispanic or Latino, has felt the impact of over 1,600 arrests by ICE across the greater Los Angeles area since early June.