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City Council Meeting Minutes August 15,2017 Association agrees with her. She said that SB4 has deteritated the relationships between the Hispanic community and the local police department in Houston as reported by Chief Acevado. She stated that drugs and human trafficking has increased. This is an unjust law. She quoted Martin Luther King "difference between just and unjust law". This is an unjust law. Stand up against SB4. Claudia Gasponi, asked the Council to facilitate love and compassion and resist the fears that are plaguing our citizens and stand against SB4. She asked Council to join the litigation against SB4. She continued by encouraging the Council to train our police force and citizens need to know what the appropriate actions of an officer are. If Council will not join the litigation against SB4,then please educate the community and direct the staff to distribute literature regarding this bill and the rights of your constituents. She provided her own personal experience regarding the detainment of her father for 6 months. This ended up being an error with the system and she does not want this to happen to any other family. Please join litigation against SB4. Karen Munoz, San Marcos,addressed the Council on behalf of Alicia Guerrero. She provided a statement about the arrest and immigration hold placed on Ms. Guerrero's father,Martin Guerrero on June 29th for running a stop sign. She was thankful for the community that came to protest for her fathers release. She stated that this saddens her that this will limit people calling law enforcement when help is needed. She said we are not under the threat of the Federal Government with this Bill. She is worried about Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) targeting San Marcos. She stated Hays County honors every ICE detainer that we have ever had. Jordan Buckley, San Marcos,spoke about the need to have single member districts to better reflect the composition of our community. We need to look at racial dynamics, because he asked if it would have taken this long to address the SB4 issue if council composition was different. He stated his concern that the dining with dogs issue was more important than addressing this anti-immigration issue to council. He stated that the Council needs to address the racial dynamics of the Council and this would be a good time to start. Elizabeth Bryant,Driftwood, she addressed the Council regarding her upbringing and how her mother was taught to assimilate and hide her heritage in the community. She stated that SB4 literally sends the latino community into hiding. She stated that this community exists but not acknowledged. She quoted Lyndon B. Johnson "a bill should not be judged by the good it can do, City of San Marcos Page 6