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Clark County Council hears hours of public testimony and edits draft immigration-enforcement statement; reading scheduled for Tuesday
Summary
After extended public comment focused on Camp Bonneville and alleged ICE/FBI activity, the council debated wording changes to a draft resolution on federal immigration enforcement, agreed several edits (including stronger "transparency" and "due process" language and removing "proportionality"), and voted to bring a revised version back for reading at the next meeting.
Chair Marshall opened the Feb. 11 meeting and allowed an extended public-comment period that focused largely on a proposed Clark County Council resolution clarifying the county's jurisdiction and its position on federal immigration enforcement.
Hundreds of residents and dozens of speakers urged different outcomes. Edward Walawender asked the council to "strengthen" the draft and make revisions publicly available; Alex Luna and several speakers urged the council to bar FBI use of Camp Bonneville and to adopt a moratorium on nonmunicipal detention facilities; Monica Zazweta Taber described an incident she said involved an ICE encounter that left a woman with injuries; and Nicole Middleton alleged Clark County Sheriff's Office cooperation with ICE in recent local incidents. In contrast, other commenters including Mike Johnson…
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