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Residents and council spar over possible ICE use of Pueblo Memorial Airport after staff outreach
Summary
At public comment, residents and councilors raised concerns that a city aviation official reached out to connect a private fixed-base operator with contacts at a proposed Walsenburg detention facility, prompting calls for measures to discourage ICE flights and for clarity about whether the official acted on the city's behalf.
Susie Jade, representing a coalition of local organizations, told the Pueblo City Council that a Sept. 4 email from Pueblo Memorial Airport director Greg Perdoza sought to connect a proposed detention facility contact in Walsenburg with Freeman Jet Center, a private airport services company, to discuss providing transportation services for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights. "We do not want our tax dollars used to facilitate the transportation of people unlawfully detained," Jade said, asking the council to make clear that any such outreach…
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