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Residents urge council to reject ICE partnership and raise housing, traffic and environmental concerns
Summary
Public commenters called on the council to avoid cooperation with ICE, promoted a plan to rehabilitate a South Side apartment building, and raised neighborhood objections to a refuge island and an oil sheen on Yagan Creek during the meeting's public-comment period.
During the public-comment portion of the meeting, multiple residents addressed a range of community concerns.
Lane Dorsey of the Billings Alliance for Immigrant Rights urged the council not to enter into a 287(g)-style agreement with ICE and opposed local police cooperation with immigration enforcement. Dorsey said the group had gathered testimony alleging…
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