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Montgomery County outlines new immigrant‑support policies, commissioners and residents press for stronger ordinance
Summary
County commissioners described a package of new steps to protect immigrants’ privacy and access to services, and residents urged the board to adopt a formal "welcoming" ordinance during an extended public‑comment period.
Montgomery County commissioners on June 18 described a multi‑part county strategy aimed at protecting immigrant residents’ privacy and access to services while several dozen public commenters urged the board to adopt a formal welcoming ordinance.
Commissioner Makeisha, speaking at the meeting opening, said the county has appointed a director of immigrant affairs and “we have to put public safety first and we have to put our communities first,” and outlined steps the county has taken to support immigrant residents.
The county’s actions, as summarized at the meeting, include creating the county’s first director of immigrant affairs (Neli Jimenez Arvallo, appointed about 90 days earlier), launching a multilingual immigrant resource web page, creating voter guides in eight languages, allocating recovery funds for community centers and an AAPI community and…
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