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Takoma Park leaders, residents call for more information after reported ICE activity
Summary
Mayor Talisha Searcy and City Manager Desperto told the council they have little advance notice of federal immigration enforcement; residents described multiple sightings and urged the city to publish confirmed, anonymized incidents and expand trainings and reporting.
Mayor Talisha Searcy opened Wednesday's Takoma Park City Council meeting by saying the city has received little advance notice about recent federal immigration enforcement actions and that staff and community groups are scrambling to support affected families.
"We get zero information about federal law enforcement that is happening in the city prior to it occurring," Searcy said, adding the city has focused on reaching impacted residents and coordinating multilingual outreach through partners.
City Manager Desperto told the council federal agencies "typically do not provide the city with any advance notice" of planned immigration enforcement and that staff's requests for notification have often gone unanswered. He described…
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