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Jacksonville committee rejects proposal to bar city funds for unauthorized adults, seeks reports instead
Summary
A City Council committee on Monday debated a bill that would have required city reporting on spending for unauthorized immigrants and prohibited some city funds from serving adults known to be in the country without authorization. After amendments and hours of debate the measure failed on a 3-4 hand vote.
A measure that would have required the mayor’s office to report on city spending that benefits unauthorized immigrants and barred certain city funds from being used for adults known to lack legal status failed in the Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee on Monday.
Councilmember Rory Diamond introduced the ordinance seeking multiple reports — including on federal grants, employment practices, and city contracts — and language aimed at preventing Jacksonville taxpayer dollars from being used to provide services to adults “not in Jacksonville legally.” Diamond said the bill’s purpose was “to get a report from the mayor’s office as to how much money and in what way are we spending on illegal aliens in Jacksonville,” and to clarify how federal grants and city employment practices relate to those expenditures.
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