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Residents urge Aurora leaders to act on immigrant safety, request know-your-rights training and noncooperation pledge with ICE
Summary
Multiple residents urged the city to do more to protect immigrant residents, asking the council to require "know your rights" training for aldermen, clarify noncooperation between local law enforcement and ICE, and hold officials accountable for violations. Speakers cited recent detentions and urged policy, not just ceremonial support.
Speakers at the public-comment portion urged Aurora officials to take concrete steps to protect immigrant residents and to move beyond ceremonial recognition.
"Aurora cannot claim to be a proud city of immigrants while standing idle as those very immigrants are criminalized," said Dr. Sandy Gonzales Rivas of the Aurora Rapid Response Team, recounting an ICE detention the team responded to and asking council members to support community-led…
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