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Mankato council hears pleas over ICE activity, approves $30,000 in food grants and asks staff to draft emergency law-enforcement ordinance
Summary
After multiple public commenters urged the council to act on recent ICE activity and to form a human-rights advisory committee, the Mankato City Council voted to allocate $30,000 to local food providers and directed staff to prepare an emergency ordinance on law-enforcement identification and camera rules.
Dozens of residents urged the Mankato City Council to act on recent immigration-enforcement activity and to form a human-rights advisory committee during lengthy public comment on Feb. 23.
Wyatt Buren told the council that local and national enforcement actions were harming people and urged continued pressure on federal agents, saying, "Pressure against ice is working." Jacob Basis, who said he had helped organize protests and been asked to serve on a human-rights advisory committee, told the council the community needed "plain honesty" and that officials should "act in a way that bolsters public trust in our institutions." Humanities professor Jamil Huck described a recent Target protest where officers ordered attendees to leave and urged the council to "move forward" with a…
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