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Residents press Harrisburg council to cut cooperation with ICE, raise housing and contractor inclusion concerns
Summary
A series of public commenters urged city leaders to adopt a non‑cooperation posture toward federal immigration enforcement, demanded data‑privacy and warrant protections, and raised housing code and minority‑contractor inclusion issues; council directed follow‑ups and referrals to staff.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Dozens of residents used the City Council public‑comment periods on Jan. 20 to press elected officials for policy and operational changes on immigration enforcement, housing code enforcement and local contracting.
Multiple speakers called on Harrisburg to adopt a formal non‑cooperation agreement with federal immigration enforcement and to bar local use of city resources in immigration operations. "We need the city of Harrisburg to formally and…
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