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City of Vancouver briefs Vancouver Public Schools board on immigration-enforcement policy changes
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Council member Ty Stober and Vancouver police leaders told the Vancouver Public Schools board the city is updating staff training and guidance so residents feel safe contacting police after federal changes to immigration-enforcement guidance.
Council member Ty Stober and officials from the Vancouver Police Department briefed the Vancouver Public Schools board on the city’s approach to immigration enforcement and efforts to ensure community members feel safe contacting police.
The presentation came after federal guidance was changed Jan. 20, a change Stober said gives immigration agents greater latitude to question people’s immigration status. Because the city and the school district interact frequently, Stober told the board the city has been reinforcing a policy in effect for more than five years and is training frontline staff…
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