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Residents urge limits on surveillance data, protections against profiling and better outreach in Staunton public comments
Summary
During matters from the public, several residents urged council to limit camera data retention, to publicly oppose racial profiling/indiscriminate immigration detentions and to improve non-digital communications for older or marginalized residents.
Multiple residents used the public-comment period at the Sept. 11 Staunton City Council meeting to raise concerns about surveillance-camera pilots, immigration enforcement practices and the city's communication with residents.
Deborah Kushner urged council to affirm that misdemeanor immigration status alone does not justify racial profiling or family separation, and asked whether the city would consider a public statement opposing profiling and indefinite detentions. Kushner cited regional immigration enforcement activity and…
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