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Hundreds of residents urge Grand Rapids commission to adopt sanctuary policies; commissioners say they will reopen discussion
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Dozens of residents, immigrant-rights groups and faith leaders urged the Grand Rapids City Commission to adopt six sanctuary-related policies to limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Commissioners acknowledged concerns and several said they would reopen discussion and pursue follow-up briefings.
Dozens of residents and immigrant-rights activists urged the Grand Rapids City Commission on July 29 to adopt a set of six sanctuary-focused policies that would limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
The public-comments period, held at a commission night out event at a Grand Rapids Public Schools site, drew repeated appeals from organizers with COSECHA, Rapid Response to ICE and allied faith and community groups. John Haines, a community member, told commissioners: “These policies are not about politics. They are about values and human rights.”
Advocates asked the commission to prohibit local police from making arrests on civil immigration warrants; to bar city workers from asking about immigration status; to refuse…
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