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Residents urge Norwalk to audit surveillance ties to federal immigration enforcement and consider protections for immigrants
Summary
Multiple residents used oral communications to press the council for action on immigration enforcement: requests included auditing local surveillance programs, ending cooperation that might assist ICE, creating a fund to aid families impacted by immigration enforcement, and publicly declaring sanctuary protections.
Several Norwalk residents used the Oct. 7 oral‑communications period to press the City Council to take steps addressing immigration enforcement and local surveillance.
Andy Yu told the council he was “not going to give up” and asked the city to ensure it is not “contributing in any way to the terror of ICE.” He cited a 2017 agreement with a neighboring city to install automated license‑plate readers on Firestone Boulevard and expressed concern that vendors operating similar camera networks have shared data with federal authorities. Yu asked the city to…
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