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Immigrant-rights advocates urge Williamsport leaders for clarity on local police cooperation with ICE
Summary
Several residents and religious leaders urged Williamsport leaders on Sept. 4 to publicly clarify whether local police will cooperate with ICE and to address what speakers described as a growing climate of fear among immigrant residents.
Multiple residents and faith leaders used the public-comment period at the Sept. 4 Williamsport City Council meeting to describe fear among immigrant neighbors and to request clearer city policy and public statements about cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Reverend Kyle Murphy of 1060 Louisa Street said he was speaking "on behalf of someone, and groups of people who believe their voice cannot be heard," and read a statement describing a woman, lawfully present and without a criminal record, who now avoids leaving her house for fear of detention. "They no longer can go to the library for…
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