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Months‑long ICE raids draw packed public comment; residents urge Huntsville to refuse cooperation
Summary
More than two dozen residents addressed the council calling for noncooperation with ICE and urging passage of a city resolution restricting municipal assistance to federal immigration enforcement. Councilmember Watkins said staff checked and corrected one public claim about a local ICE roadblock.
A large and vocal contingent of residents used the Jan. 22 public‑comment period to press the Huntsville City Council to limit or end local cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Approximately 28 speakers urged the council to adopt a resolution restricting assistance, called for transparency about existing agreements, and described national incidents — including recent raids in Minneapolis — as evidence the city should refuse participation in operations they described as unconstitutional.
Several speakers recounted or cited national accounts of masked officers detaining people in residential neighborhoods and asked the council to direct Huntsville Police Department (HPD) not to participate in similar federal…
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