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Bangor council directs immediate compliance with new state immigration law after heated debate
Summary
The Bangor City Council voted 6–3 to direct staff to comply immediately with a new state immigration statute and formalize procedures for handling law‑enforcement requests for confidential information; an immigration ordinance was postponed to March 23 for further work.
The Bangor City Council voted 6–3 on March 9 to approve an order directing the city manager to begin complying immediately with new state statute 5 M.R.S. chapter 337‑e (LD 1971) and to formalize written procedures for staff when law enforcement requests confidential information or access to nonpublic spaces.
The measure’s sponsor told the council the order would bring the city into alignment with an expected state law and create procedures to help staff respond to federal and state requests. "This order directs the city manager to instruct city staff to comply immediately…
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