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Rochester City Council reaffirms sanctuary status after federal lawsuit naming mayor and council
Summary
Council president read a proclamation reaffirming Rochester’s sanctuary-city policy after he and Mayor Evans were named in a federal lawsuit; council said it will keep the proclamation on display and continue discussions on tactics and strategy.
Rochester City Council on the evening it met in April reaffirmed the city’s long-standing sanctuary-city stance after Council President Miguel A. Melendez Jr. said he and Mayor Evans were named in a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration challenging Rochester’s status.
In a proclamation read to the chamber, Council President Miguel A. Melendez Jr. said the council “unequivocally upheld” the principle that enforcement of federal immigration policy is the responsibility of the federal government, citing the city’s 1986 and 2017…
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