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Brooklyn Park leaders urge rapid legal, housing and business aid after ICE enforcement; consider eviction protections
Summary
City, county and state officials met in a Brooklyn Park special work session to coordinate rapid-response legal help, rental and business assistance, and possible local eviction protections after recent ICE activity disrupted residents and small businesses.
Mayor Winston convened a special Brooklyn Park work session on immigration resources on March 26 to coordinate a near-term response after recent federal immigration enforcement that residents and business owners said has driven people from workplaces and frightened families.
City officials, county representatives and state lawmakers outlined a mix of immediate and longer-term steps to help affected residents and businesses. "We have made policy from the place of the vulnerable," Mayor Winston said, urging that the city’s response prioritize people most at risk. City Manager Jay Stormhill described an "immigration task force" modeled on an emergency-operations structure to triage housing, legal, youth and business issues and to update online resource pages.
Why it matters: officials said the scale of need and language and trust barriers mean existing…
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