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Residents urge Monrovia to join lawsuit against federal immigration enforcement tactics; housing voucher barriers raised
Summary
During public comment, speakers asked Monrovia to join litigation seeking to curb aggressive federal immigration enforcement in the region and urged the city to act on housing barriers for Section 8 voucher holders; no council action was taken on either request at the meeting.
Speakers during the public comment period on July 15 urged the Monrovia City Council to take action on two separate policy concerns: joining litigation challenging federal immigration enforcement tactics and addressing housing barriers for families with Section 8 vouchers.
A speaker who identified themselves at the podium described a multi-city motion to intervene in Vasquez, Paderno, et al v. Noam et al, which seeks to stop what the speaker characterized as "aggressive and dangerous immigration enforcement…
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