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Residents urge Carlisle council to adopt welcoming ordinance; council keeps related resolution on the table
Summary
Public commenters including educators, business owners and residents urged council to approve a "welcoming" ordinance for Carlisle. Council voted to keep a separate Gaza-related resolution on the table to allow further discussion at a later date.
Several residents and local educators told Carlisle Borough Council on April 10 that a borough "welcoming" ordinance would help immigrant and noncitizen residents feel safer and more included.
Hannah Roman, who gave her address as 613 North Hanover Street, said she and a colleague, Rachel Lang, wanted to "voice support for the borough's consideration of the welcoming ordinance" and described having students in classrooms who are on visas or who are not documented. Rachel Lang (624 West Lowther Street) also spoke in favor, saying the…
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