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Assembly declines to authorize public‑services committee hearing on recent ICE actions after heated debate
Summary
The Assembly of Delegates debated and ultimately voted not to authorize its public‑services committee to hold a hearing on recent ICE enforcement actions affecting Cape Cod residents.
The Assembly of Delegates debated whether to authorize its standing Committee on Public Services to hold a hearing on recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions affecting Cape Cod residents. After extended discussion and competing proposals, the assembly did not authorize the committee to schedule a hearing.
Deputy Speaker Brandy Potash’s office brought the request to consider a hearing after federal reports and local concerns about ICE activity and a federal designation that called Barnstable County a “sanctuary” jurisdiction. Delegates who supported a hearing said the assembly should invite federal, state and local officials and…
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