{"id":495780,"date":"2026-10-14T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495780\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:04:44","slug":"big-fresno-fair-says-no-ice-activity-after-councilmember-arias-warns-families-to-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/495780\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Fresno Fair says no ICE activity after Councilmember Arias warns families to stay away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias warns the public on social media to avoid the Big Fresno Fair because of ICE activity, even though the fair claims there is no ICE activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Fresno Fair <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/false-ice-claims-and-ai-images-spur-big-fresno-fair-to-issue-public-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released a statement<\/a> on Sunday to clear up misinformation regarding ICE activity at the fair.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias posted on social media warning families of ICE activity in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The post reads, \u201cThis week, ICE continues to raid Fresno County&#8217;s agricultural fields, near schools, and in neighborhoods surrounding the Big Fresno Fair.<\/p>\n<p>While I recognize the Fair&#8217;s importance to our local economy, no economic benefit should come at the expense of our immigrant families&#8217; safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Fair&#8217;s assurance that ICE is not operating inside the fairgrounds ignores the risks families and vendors may face traveling to and from the event.<\/p>\n<p>I continue to urge immigrant residents to know their rights, stay informed, and avoid unnecessary travel and public gatherings, including the Big Fresno Fair, while these raids continue.<\/p>\n<p>I call on the Big Fresno Fair and its Board of Directors to publicly demand that President Trump and ICE halt these raids in Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>Our immigrant families are the backbone of our agricultural economy and an essential part of our community. Their safety must come before profits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias warns the public on social media to avoid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-495780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}