PASADENA, Calif.—Pasadena Police Department does not enforce criminal violations related to the immigration status of persons in our community. As guided by Police Department Policy 428, it is the expectation that members of Pasadena Police Department will enforce the law equally and will not engage in law enforcement activities based solely on someone’s immigration status. Furthermore, Policy 428 states requests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other federal agency for assistance from Pasadena Police Department should be directed to...
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Pasadena Public Library Awarded $62,000 Grant to Support Citizenship and Immigration Resources
PASADENA, Calif.—The California State Library recently awarded Pasadena Public Library a local Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant of $62,000 to focus on bolstering citizenship and immigration resources at Central Library, and La Pintoresca and Villa Parke Branch Libraries. “Libraries try to provide resources on everything including immigration, which is a very complex issue,” said Melvin Racelis, Senior Librarian at La Pintoresca Branch Library who is leading this project. “Recently, there has been increased interest in this topic. As...