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Wake Forest Indivisible urges commissioners to prepare for ICE activity, offers Fourth-Amendment workplace materials
Summary
Representatives of Wake Forest Indivisible asked the board to coordinate with police and consider endorsing a Fourth-Amendment workplace declaration to help businesses and residents prepare for possible increased ICE enforcement.
Representatives of Wake Forest Indivisible told the board they are distributing nonpartisan materials explaining Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights and asked the town to consider a public position and to coordinate with the Wake Forest Police Department in advance of possible increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.
Jennifer Amix, a lead organizer for Wake Forest Indivisible, said the group’s goal is to “restore democracy to health, protect the U.S. Constitution, civil rights and human rights” and that members have been distributing information at local parks. Amix said the group is concerned about recent federal immigration-enforcement activity and its local effects.
Janae Bulat (transcript: Bulat/Boulot) and another organizer explained that the group plans to canvas local businesses with handouts describing Fourth- and Fifth-Amendment protections and that they left a packet for the town clerk showing the materials and a copy of a Carrboro declaration the group cited as a model.
The presenters asked commissioners to consider endorsing a “Fourth Amendment workplace” statement and to discuss in advance with the Wake Forest Police Department how local officers will interact with federal ICE agents. No formal request was acted on at the meeting; the board did not take a vote or provide a formal response during the public-comment period.
