San Jose to create guidelines to prevent detention centers
Trump’s immigration agenda is cited as the federal policy backdrop for local opposition to new detention facilities.
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Published Sep 16, 2026
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San Jose approved a 45-day pause on privately developed detention facilities and ordered staff to develop new regulations. The measure follows concerns about a proposed ICE facility near Gilroy and reflects Sam Liccardo’s broader land-use strategy for opposing immigration detention projects.
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Sam T. Liccardo
D · CA-16
Congressmember and former San Jose mayor who promoted the detention-facility land-use strategy
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President whose administration’s immigration agenda is associated with expanded detention capacity
ALSO MENTIONED Betty Duong, Santa Clara County supervisor who explained why the county would not adopt a new moratorium; Bien Doan, San Jose councilmember who signed onto the policy memo; Domingo Candelas, San Jose councilmember who signed onto the policy memo; Gavin Newsom, California governor referenced for signing a 2019 statewide detention-center ban; Matt Mahan, San Jose mayor who signed the proposal memo and sought to expand the moratorium to public land; Pamela Campos, San Jose councilmember who signed onto the policy memo; Peter Ortiz, San Jose councilmember who signed onto the policy memo
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