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Carlisle council adopts ordinance limiting borough cooperation with civil immigration enforcement, 7–1
Summary
After hours of public comment for and against, Carlisle Borough Council passed the 'Carlisle Community Trust and Local Autonomy Ordinance' to prohibit borough agents from conditioning services on immigration status and to restrict use of borough resources for civil immigration enforcement except in narrow circumstances; council cited anti‑commandeering precedent but opponents warned of legal and fiscal risk.
Carlisle Borough Council on Nov. 13 passed an ordinance designed to restrict local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement, adopting it by a 7–1 roll‑call vote after an evening of extended public comment and debate.
The ordinance, moved and seconded by council members before a lengthy public‑comment period, bars borough agents from conditioning the provision of borough services on a person’s citizenship or immigration status unless required by federal or state law or a court order. It also says borough resources should not be used to assist civil immigration enforcement except in response to an imminent threat to life or public safety, or to comply with a judicial warrant.
Mayor Sean Schultz, who has defended the measure as consistent…
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