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Residents Urge Norwalk Council to Act on ICE Activity, Call for Sanctuary Protections and Assistance Fund
Summary
At oral communications on Jan. 20, multiple residents and advocates reported ICE activity and urged the City of Norwalk to create a fund for families affected by enforcement, declare sanctuary protections, and use council authority to denounce and deter ICE operations in the city.
During oral communications on Jan. 20, scores of residents and community advocates told the City Council they were seeing ICE activity in Norwalk and urged immediate action.
Speakers described alleged detainments, abductions and a climate of fear. "We're being hunted down like wild animals," said a speaker during the public comment period. Several callers urged the council to set up a fund to support families affected by ICE enforcement, to issue a public condemnation of ICE…
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