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Residents urge Bolingbrook to ban ICE use of village property; village attorney cautions on legal limits
Summary
At the Feb. 17 meeting residents called on Bolingbrook to pass an ordinance banning ICE and federal agents from using village property; Village Attorney Burt Odelson said such ordinances may be legally limited and called them 'worthless, feel-good' measures while trustees expressed support and pledged further review and outreach.
Several residents at the Feb. 17 Bolingbrook Mayor and Board of Trustees meeting urged officials to adopt a local ordinance preventing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal agents from using village property for immigration enforcement; trustees and the village attorney discussed the legal limits of such local action.
Giselle Rodriguez, executive director of Illinois Workers in Action, said the organization wants more transparency about what the Village is doing to make residents feel "safe and 'seen'" and offered collaboration with village leadership. "IWA is ready to collaborate with Village leadership to support those…
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