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Council holds first reading of proposed ordinance to ban local immigration-detention uses, directs workshop and legal review
Summary
Council read a zoning ordinance that would prohibit immigration detention, holding, processing and staging facilities in Highland Park and moved the measure to a workshop and legal review before further readings, citing potential federal preemption and the need for detailed legal vetting.
The Highland Park City Council on March 2 read, for the record, a proposed zoning amendment that would prohibit the establishment of immigration detention facilities, civil immigration holding facilities, and immigration processing/staging areas within the city.
The ordinance text — read aloud in detail — would amend the zoning code to add definitions for several facility types, declare those uses prohibited in all zoning districts, forbid workarounds…
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