Chair Deborah Kafoury issued the following statement regarding the arrest of Dreamer Francisco Rodriguez Dominguez:
“The arrest of Dreamer Francisco Rodriguez Dominguez in East County over the weekend will not make our community safer. This is what it looks like when politics gets in the way of common sense.
It is inconceivable to me that the Trump administration is using our government’s precious resources to arrest a community leader, a taxpayer, for something his parents did when he was 5 years old. Francisco Rodriguez Dominguez is a valued member of the Reynolds school community, his Episcopal church and a beloved soccer coach. He was taking the steps required to become a citizen.
He is not a threat. He is not dangerous. He is a coach, a mentor and an inspiration to children. Politics should not deny him his day in court.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement managers in the Portland district have discretion and I am asking them to use it. Release him from Tacoma so that he can he resume his legal path to citizenship.”