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Speakers and commissioners press Cook County to stop funding ICE; board refers resolution to Congress
Summary
Community groups and at least one commissioner urged Cook County to oppose federal funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection, citing alleged enforcement abuses; the board referred a proposed resolution urging Congress not to allocate additional funding for federal immigration enforcement.
Multiple public speakers and at least one commissioner used the public-comment period and floor time to denounce recent federal immigration-enforcement actions and call for limits on funding.
Marion Casillas, executive director of PASO Westwood Action Project, told the board, "We demand that ICE is not provided any more resources while they're here," and described incidents she said involved injury and death tied to ICE enforcement actions in…
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