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Resident urges Brooklyn Park to ban ICE from city lots; mayor reaffirms city does not enforce federal immigration laws
Summary
A resident urged Brooklyn Park to prohibit ICE from using city parking lots and asked the city to join litigation; the mayor read a statement saying the city does not enforce federal immigration laws, acknowledged community fear and pledged to seek safe outcomes within the law.
At public comment, resident Paula Weekley urged Brooklyn Park to follow Minneapolis and prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from using city-owned parking lots for staging or enforcement operations, specifically naming an EDA-owned property at West Broadway and Brooklyn Boulevard that she said houses immigrant-owned businesses and a small-business center.
"There were at least 3 abductions over the weekend that were witnessed by our…
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