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Mayor Venker relays mayors’ concerns about immigration enforcement and data centers from national conference
Summary
Mayor reported takeaways from the US Conference of Mayors, highlighting municipal concerns about data centers, AI infrastructure and immigration enforcement; he described offers to join amicus briefs and said staff will prepare guidance if federal enforcement activity affects local operations.
Mayor Venker used the Feb. 2 council meeting to summarize key themes from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, telling the council that two topics drew the most attention: cities’ response to data centers and AI infrastructure, and concern about immigration enforcement activity in communities.
The mayor said many mayors are balancing economic attraction of data center investment with worries about local impacts such as…
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