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Taylor public urges council to rescind 287(g) agreement; school board asks for termination
Summary
At a packed June 17 council meeting residents and the Taylor Board of Education urged the council and mayor to terminate the City’s updated ICE 287(g) agreement, warning it could subject residents and students to immigration enforcement and requesting a formal council vote on affirmation or withdrawal.
Residents, school officials and some council members pressed Taylor City leaders on June 17 to withdraw the city’s updated Section 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the pact could expose residents to immigration detention and racial profiling and that the council should vote to affirm or rescind the arrangement.
Linda Moore, president of the Taylor Board of Education, read a June 4 resolution asking Mayor Willie, the City Council and Police Chief John Blair to terminate the agreement “effective immediately,” saying the board believes the agreement “will jeopardize the physical and emotional well being of Taylor children and families.” The resolution cites the agreement’s delegation of certain immigration enforcement functions to designated Taylor officers and expresses concern that ICE…
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