Roughly 140 students, community members and staff gathered at Storke Lawn on Jan. 28 in solidarity with people affected by federal immigration enforcement. As of mid-January, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) El Congreso, a student-led activist organization, was the primary organizer of the vigil, with other organizations delivering speeches throughout the event. Organizers distributed candles before Chicana and Chicano studies professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval and a member of El Congreso delivered opening remarks. On Friday, local elected officials will hold a press conference at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse to call upon the Trump administration to de-escalate immigration enforcement.