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Tempe candidates: city can’t override ICE but should limit local cooperation and review surveillance contracts
Summary
Candidates told voters Tempe can’t stop federal ICE enforcement but can limit city cooperation, educate residents about rights and reconsider surveillance contracts (Flock), with some calling for ordinances prohibiting city employee cooperation with ICE.
When asked how Tempe should respond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity, candidates at a Tempe forum largely agreed on one legal point and varied on policy measures.
Bernetta Hodge and other candidates emphasized that ICE is a federal agency and that the city cannot override federal enforcement. "ICE is federal and we are city," Hodge said, adding that Tempe…
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