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Residents urge Huntington council to adopt transparency rules for ICE interactions
Summary
Residents complained to the Huntington City Council about unmarked immigration-enforcement actions and delivered a petition asking the city to adopt a resolution requiring disclosure of agreements with federal immigration agencies and to prohibit local assistance when agents refuse identification.
Dozens of residents told the Huntington City Council on June 23 that they are afraid of immigration-enforcement actions in the city and urged the council to adopt a formal resolution requiring transparency and constitutional protections in local interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The petition, read into the record by Councilmember Rumbaugh at the request of residents, asks the city to publish any memoranda of understanding or other agreements with federal immigration agencies before implementation and to prohibit city employees, including members of the Huntington Police Department, from assisting enforcement actions when federal agents refuse to clearly identify themselves.
The petition frames the requested…
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