Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis

🚨Friends, please be on notice. This morning (1/16/26) ICE was actively removing ppl in the Walmart parking lot on Highland in National City. (PS: Lots of vulgarities in video, so watch our if around sensitive ears)🚨

This is across the street from one of our elementary schools. Please be on alert.

We know that in other states they are disappearing people regardless of immigration status, paperwork and if you are a citizen.

Stay strong & please know your rights.

🫶🏽Ale


Click on links below for more info:

(ACLU) In the street: https://share.google/ZbjZ1EdW95RwUuAoR

(ALC) At work: https://share.google/hrGDaHnwwnoYeFDKa

(United We Dream) At home: https://share.google/xwjUd09PP8lsupayX

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ICE just kidnapped a man doing Walmart deliveries at the national city Walmart keep an eye out for these vehicles San Diego #ice #sandiego

Thank you 2025. Let's do this 2026! In our house, we are guided by Faith, Family & Love! Always. 🫶🏽🙏🏽❤️

🚨Call to Action!

Happy Halloween friends & fam! 🎃

Come Saturday, November 1st, many members of our community are not going to have their SNAP benefits or may have been laid off due to federal cuts.

If you are giving out candy this Halloween, please consider putting out a little extra table of shelf stable food that your trick-o-treaters or their families can grab without embarrassment. Feel free to print & hand out the flier attached with additional resources.

Shelf stable items:
-Individual cups or boxes of macaroni & cheese
-Top ramen (bag or cups)
-Un popped Popcorn bags
-Small bags of sopita
-tomato sauce
-Fruit (cuties, oranges, apples)
-cans of tuna or chicken
-cans of fruit
-individual packets of oatmeal
-anything else you think you'd want to add.

We all know of children, military families, & elders who might go hungry beginning Saturday. This is just a little extra love for our gente & community!

💕With love,
Alejandra, Arturo & the girls



Find a food bank & resources near you:

San Diego Food Bank: https://www.sandiegofoodbank.org/get-food/

Feeding San Diego:
https://feedingsandiego.org/find-food/

San Diego Hunger Coalition:
https://www.sdhunger.org

This is not ok.

As Chairwoman of NALEO Educational Fund & executive committee member of NALEO, we stand united with our Senator, our friend and our past NALEO President Alex Padilla.



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2025

CONTACT:
NALEO Media, [email protected]

NALEO’s Bipartisan Statement on Forcible Removal
of Senator Alex Padilla from DHS Press Conference

No public official, regardless of party, should be silenced
or demeaned for serving the public interest

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) released the following statement from Chief Executive Officer Erica Bernal-Martinez, NALEO President Claudia M. Frometa, and the bipartisan Executive Committee of NALEO on the forceable removal of California Senator and former NALEO President Alex Padilla at a U.S. Department of Homeland Security press conference today in Los Angeles, California:

“We unequivocally condemn the unacceptable treatment of U.S. Senator Alex Padilla during his recent attempt to carry out congressional oversight at a DHS press conference led by Secretary Kristi Noem.

“Senator Padilla, a longstanding NALEO member and former NALEO President, was fulfilling his constitutional duty to provide oversight and raise critical questions on behalf of his constituents. The obstruction he faced was not only an affront to the U.S. Senate office in which he serves, but to the principles that guide our democracy and nation.

“We fully expect the federal government to have established and respected avenues for our nation’s elected officials to raise concerns around issues that directly affect the communities they are sworn to represent and protect. This expectation is especially vital now, given the ongoing tensions in the Los Angeles area and broader national discourse around immigration, public safety, and the role of government.

“No public official — regardless of party affiliation or level of office — should ever be silenced or demeaned while serving the public interest. The manner in which Senator Padilla was treated reflects a dangerous disregard for the norms of our democracy and institutional accountability. Today’s events merit a formal review of official protocols and procedures to prevent this from happening again.

“We stand in full solidarity with Senator Padilla and reaffirm our commitment to defending the right of all elected officials, whether Democratic, Republican, or independent, to serve their communities without physical obstruction or disrespect. A healthy democracy demands nothing less.”

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About NALEO
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials is the non-partisan leadership organization of the nation’s more than 7,000 Latino elected and appointed officials.

“As a non-partisan organization dedicated to strengthening American democracy and ensuring that all voices — especially those of the Latino community — are heard, NALEO Educational Fund affirms the fundamental right of individuals to exercise their First Amendment rights, peacefully assemble, and express their views.

Now is the time for measured and responsible leadership. Fanning the flames of violence and division will not accomplish this. We call on local, state, and federal officials to work together to restore peace in our communities.”

NALEO Policy Institute Day two: Latina Economic Empowerment!

Small business owners, change makers & the back bone of many communities! For emphasis of our girl power, I wore my Rosie the Riveter/Rosita La Remachadora socks my hubby brought me from DC! 💪🏽

Facilitated a fabulous panel with amazing mujeres: Annie owner of Nayomie owner of & my tocayo-Alejandra from Chase!

Adelante mujeres!

Day One NALEO Policy institute @ Arizona State University Yuhaaviatam event center: STEM Education: Equipping the Next Generation of Latino Innovators!

50 of our nationwide NALEO Members-Latino school board members & Trustees engaging & learning ways to use STEM technologies, career pipelines, economic development, educational strategies, and programs in their own communities.

Adelante!

Gente! You have until 8pm today 4/8/25 to cast your vote!

Please consider donating. Kaylani was an amazing soul, awesome basketball player & wonderful young lady being raised by great parents. Her sudden death at 14years old leaves her family & friends heartbroken. 💔

Donate to Help Bj Serrato & Karina Vazquez with Funeral Costs, organized by Angelic Ordonez On January 22, 2025, our hearts were shattered with the sudden pas… Angelic Ordonez needs your support for Help Bj Serrato & Karina Vazquez with Funeral Costs

Please consider giving to a MANA de San Diego hermanitas alumna who had a medical emergency at college (UC Santa Cruz) and is in a coma!

Let's get this Hermanita home to her familia! 😔

https://gofund.me/a7d19a76

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