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Berwyn council adopts executive order limiting federal immigration operations on city property and clarifies tree-board duties
Summary
Berwyn’s City Council voted to adopt a mayoral executive order barring the use of city property and personnel for federal immigration enforcement operations after multiple public comments urging limits on surveillance and data-sharing.
Berwyn’s City Council heard multiple public comments about surveillance technology and federal immigration enforcement before voting to adopt an executive order restricting use of city property and personnel for federal immigration operations.
Several residents, students and community advocates urged the council to block access to city-held data and to protect residents from federal enforcement actions on city property. Tim Swanson, who spoke during public comment, presented documents he said show Flock Safety data has been used outside Illinois and called for the city to terminate or restrict data-sharing agreements.
Following public comment, the council voted to…
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