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Residents urge Bangor Council to bar local cooperation with ICE; staff says city has not signed 287(g) agreements
Summary
Several residents at the April 14 council meeting urged Bangor to adopt an ordinance barring local law enforcement from entering 287(g) style agreements with ICE. City staff said the city received a request but has not signed any 287(g) agreement.
Several residents urged the Bangor City Council on April 14 to adopt a local ordinance prohibiting the city and local law enforcement from entering into agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would deputize or otherwise draw municipal resources into immigration enforcement.
"Maine resources should be used for Maine communities," said State Representative Laura Cipica, identifying herself as House Chair of the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee and a resident of Bangor’s Lower Ohio Street neighborhood. "I am here to ask you all to consider an ordinance that would prohibit Bangor staff and law enforcement from participating in immigration enforcement with ICE and entering into…
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