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Resident urges borough to help respond to reported deportations to El Salvador; council offers to connect with congressional offices
Summary
At the April 22 meeting resident Paul Kessler raised concerns about reported kidnappings and deportations to El Salvador. Mayor Jackson and council members said local government lacks jurisdiction but offered to help connect the resident with congressional offices, including Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon’s office.
BRIDGEPORT — Resident Paul Kessler told the Bridgeport Borough Council at its April 22 meeting he is "very concerned with the matter of the kidnappings and deportations, of, first refugees and more recently even American citizens, to El Salvador, the slave labor camp, death camp," and asked whether the borough had instruments to protect Bridgeport residents.
Mayor Jackson responded that local government does not have jurisdiction over those federal immigration matters but offered assistance connecting Kessler with congressional offices. "You can reach out to me or to others. We have relationships with, our congress woman Mary Gay Scanlon," the mayor said, and offered to pass on contacts so Kessler could reach a staffer instead of receiving only form responses.
Council members noted the limits of borough authority on federal immigration policy and suggested the borough could help put residents in touch with congressional staff or other groups that work on federal immigration issues. The exchange occurred during the public-comment period; the council took no formal action on the matter at the meeting.
