Fresno mayor addresses immigration concerns after River Park protests

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Following the migration protests successful Fresno's River Park implicit the weekend, Mayor Jerry Dyer released a connection Monday, addressing the concerns voiced by the community.

The protests travel aft sightings of Border Patrol conducting operations were reported successful respective areas of the Central Valley. The protests, which took spot connected Sunday successful River Park, voiced concerns astir immigration-related issues.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer released a connection Monday successful effect to the concerns voiced implicit Sunday's event. The connection reads:

I wholly recognize the concerns raised by members of our assemblage astir immigration-related issues arsenic good arsenic the protestation astatine River Park connected Sunday. 

I privation to marque it wide that the City of Fresno is committed to ensuring the information and well-being of each of our residents.

As a city, we bash not enactment successful oregon enforce national migration matters. That is the relation of the national government. Our precedence is to physique spot wrong our divers assemblage and guarantee everyone feels valued, harmless and supported, careless of their migration status. 

The Fresno Police Department’s superior absorption is to support the assemblage safe, respond to calls for service, and to gain the spot of those we serve. 

Additionally, Dyer asked the protestors to explicit their concerns without endangering the public.

We respect the close of individuals to peacefully protestation and explicit their concerns, but to bash truthful without endangering the public.  

I promote each participants to prosecute successful respectful and constructive dialog arsenic we enactment unneurotic toward solutions that payment our full community.

Federal officials announced the raids were portion of "Operation Return to Sender," resulting successful the apprehension of 78 radical successful Kern County.