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Local counselor urges Oswego Common Council to oppose ICE activity, urges sanctuary measures
Summary
At the May 12 Oswego Common Council meeting, mental health counselor Kylie Piteres urged the council to condemn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the area, asked officials to lobby the county and adopt local protections and transparency measures, and presented six specific calls to action.
Kylie Piteres, a mental health counselor at SUNY Oswego speaking on behalf of the grassroots group Organize Oswego, told the Oswego Common Council on May 12 that she and students she counsels are “terrified to leave campus, to get groceries, to go to appointments, to go to pharmacies, and to explore our community.”
Piteres said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is “empowered to violate the rights of people in this country” and that agents have been “harass[ing] community…
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