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Council members Caban and Aviles introduce resolution opposing proposed mass deportations
Summary
Council member Caban, joined by Council member Aviles, introduced a resolution reaffirming the council’s support for immigrant communities and opposing federal rhetoric and policies the sponsors described as threatening mass deportations.
Council member Caban, joined by Council member Aviles, introduced a resolution at the Jan. 8 charter meeting expressing the council’s support for immigrant communities and opposing federal policies and rhetoric the sponsors described as threatening mass deportations.
Caban said the resolution would put the council on record “standing alongside our immigrant neighbors and against policies and rhetoric that threaten the fabric of our city.” He and Aviles said mass deportations proposed by the federal administration would be “inhumane” and “economically devastating,” and they urged the council to reaffirm protections for immigrants and reject policies that harm families and communities.
The transcript shows the resolution’s introduction and sponsor remarks; no council vote on the resolution is recorded in the Jan. 8 meeting.
