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Resident urges Charleston to respond to federal immigration sweeps, cites court rulings

Charleston City Council · March 16, 2026
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Summary

A public speaker urged the City Council to address federal immigration enforcement practices that he said have led to detentions and legal exposure for jurisdictions; he cited a U.S. District Court passage warning against piecemeal constitutional violations and urged city action.

John Doyle used his two-minute public-comment slot to urge the City Council to act after what he described as federal rounds of detentions by immigration enforcement squads. "The liability is criminal and it's legal and it's gonna come down hard on jurisdictions," Doyle said, and he read a paragraph from recent U.S.…

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