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Alamosa candidates react cautiously to Sept. 24 ICE arrest, stress federal role and limits of local authority
Summary
Forum participants reacted to a widely circulated video of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest on Sept. 24. Candidates said ICE actions are federal and outside city control; one candidate with law enforcement experience said the stop in the footage appeared to have been handled more forcefully than he would have expected.
A question submitted to the Meet the Candidates forum prompted several candidates to respond to a widely circulated video of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest in Alamosa on Sept. 24.
Several speakers began by noting that immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility. Mark Martinez said the incident “is not something we as a city council would be able to even address — that's federal immigration law enforcement,” and Jan Vigil reiterated that local police are not the ICE agents seen in the footage.
Alex Brown said he had…
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