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Residents raise concerns about ICE training at city HERO building during public forum; city staff to follow up
Summary
Two residents told the council they had heard or researched that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents train at the city’s HERO building and asked what, if anything, can be done. City officials took the comments and said staff would record the information and respond rather than engaging in a back‑and‑forth during public comment.
COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. — Two residents used the City Council’s open‑forum period on July 16 to say they were worried about federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents training at the city’s HERO building and to ask what authority the city has over the facility’s use.
Peggy Nelson identified herself at the podium and asked whether ICE agents were “in Washington County or in Cottage Grove at this moment, not training at your Hero Building?” The meeting…
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