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Residents urge Saint Charles to clarify limits on cooperation with ICE and publish policy under Illinois TRUST Act
Summary
Multiple residents urged the council, mayor and new police chief to publish an explicit local policy regarding cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to prohibit use of city property for ICE operations, citing fear and community safety concerns.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the Saint Charles City Council meeting on Oct. 6 to urge the city to adopt public, written limits on cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Ricky Brevard (who identified himself as a lifelong Saint Charles resident) called for four actions from the mayor and new police chief: a clear publicly available policy grounded in the Illinois TRUST Act that delineates the boundaries of local cooperation with ICE; marked city vehicles to distinguish city officers from federal…
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