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Apple Valley residents press council for clearer rules on federal immigration operations
Summary
Residents told the council they have observed what they described as aggressive federal immigration-enforcement activity in neighborhoods and asked the city to bar staging on city property, increase marked patrols, and publish clear guidelines protecting observers and children; council members said legal limits and enforceability must be examined.
Resident speakers pressed the Apple Valley City Council on Feb. 12 for clearer local policies and more visible protection around neighborhoods after reporting repeated encounters with unmarked vehicles and aggressive federal immigration-enforcement activity.
"I am a trained constitutional observer…we have the right to move through this city, Apple Valley, without fear, intimidation, and blatant racial targeting," resident Maggie Brecken told the council, describing what she said were repeated door-to-door contacts by federal agents and instances in which constitutional observers were detained. Brecken asked the council for three actions: adopt a resolution prohibiting…
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