Border Patrol uninvited from Chino Hills job fair, San Bernardino County (Calif) says
"Agency was told they would not be included after outcry from community groups"
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is involved in a major recruitment drive, but you won’t see Customs & Border Patrol at a job fair scheduled for Chino Hills on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
"Local community groups sounded the alarm in late January.
“Indivisible Inland Empire and the Cat Ladies for America Inland Empire condemn the decision to invite Customs and Border Patrol to the upcoming SB County Job Fair in Chino Hills,” a Jan. 28 Instagram post from Indivisible Inland Empire reads.
"Teamsters Local 1932 wrote the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors a letter on Feb. 2, urging the board to keep the border patrol out of the job fair.
“ICE’s presence is not neutral,” the letter from Carlos Gonzales, president of the Teamsters Local 1932 Hispanic Caucus reads in part. “It is a direct threat to the safety and well-being of the very people this event is supposed to serve.”
"Border patrol’s presence at the job fair would be “harmful and unacceptable,” Indivisible Inland Empire wrote, after the killings of two American citizens in Minneapolis — Renee Good and Alex Pretti — by federal immigration agents in January.
“Job fairs should be safe, welcoming spaces, not platforms linked to violence and abuse,” Indivisible Inland Empire concludes. “We demand accountability and urge organizers to remove CBP from this event.”
"And now they have been.
“CBP will not be participating in the job fair in Chino Hills on Wednesday,” San Bernardino County spokesperson David Wert wrote in an email on Monday, Feb. 9.
"Border Patrol has been on a mass email list for county job fairs “for many years with hundreds of other employers,” Wert explained.
"When a job fair is planned, a notice is sent to everyone on the email list, asking them to let the county know if they plan to attend the job fair.
“There was no individualized invitation to CBP,” Wert wrote.
"Border patrol informed the county they intended to attend the Chino Hills job fair, “but last week the county informed CBP they will not be included in the event,” Wert wrote. “The county became aware of some objections in the community, and the county does not want jobseekers distracted or discouraged from attending the job fair.”
:Customs and Border Patrol did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday morning."
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/10/border-patrol-uninvited-from-chino-hills-job-fair-san-bernardino-county-says/