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Columbia Falls residents ask council about police translation policy and Border Patrol collaborations after nearby detention
Summary
Several residents urged the Columbia Falls City Council to clarify police translation practices and limit local law-enforcement cooperation with Border Patrol after a recent detention in a neighboring community.
Several Columbia Falls residents used the city council public-comment period Monday to press the council for clarity about local police translation policies and any formal collaboration with U.S. Border Patrol, citing a recent detention in a neighboring community.
The residents said the incident—described in public comment as the stop and subsequent detention of a man identified as legally residing in Montana—illustrated risks when language and immigration status intersect with routine traffic enforcement. "Speaking Spanish is not a crime in America," said Lea…
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