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Council adopts updated Welcoming City ordinance to further limit local cooperation in civil immigration enforcement
Summary
Evanston’s council suspended the rules and passed an updated Welcoming City ordinance to expand safeguards for immigrants, including limits on sharing city data for immigration enforcement. Staff and legal advisors said courts previously rejected federal attempts to withhold funding over similar policies.
The Evanston City Council on Jan. 13 suspended the rules and adopted an update to the city’s Welcoming City ordinance intended to strengthen protections for immigrants and to limit local cooperation with civil immigration enforcement.
City staff and advocates said the update aligns local policy with state law and extends new safeguards to city data and third‑party vendors so that city databases are not used for immigration enforcement. Liza Robertson Young, the city’s chief legislative policy adviser, told council that the updated ordinance…
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