Frustrated Garden Grove residents have been calling out city officials, some directly, for several months over what they see as a repeated failure to take concrete action and address people’s concerns around immigration, especially as new waves of enforcement raids hit Southern California.

Considered the fifth-largest city in Orange County, roughly 46.8% of Garden Grove’s 171,000 or so residents emigrated from another country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 36% of the city’s residents are non-citizens.

Yet, some residents and advocates argue the city has taken little-to-no action to seriously address immigration issues.

“I’m here tonight to apply pressure and to hold the council accountable,” Clara Delgado, a 29-year-old Garden Grove resident, told councilmembers at Tuesd

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