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Students and residents urge Blacksburg to restrict local cooperation with ICE; mayor says police do not enforce federal immigration law
Summary
Students and residents urged the Blacksburg Town Council to adopt local limits on ICE activity, including banning unmarked vehicles and requiring badge display. Mayor (the chair) replied the town’s police do not participate in 287(g) agreements, do not enforce federal immigration law and will review the community’s materials.
Dozens of students and residents urged the Blacksburg Town Council Tuesday to adopt local policies limiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity, citing fear among immigrant families and recent arrests in other states.
“Multiple New River Valley community members have been detained without due process right here in our own communities,” said Matt Hutchison, a Virginia Tech student, who read a list of four community demands asking the town to require visible officer identification, codify limits on 287(g) collaboration, prevent town agencies from collecting or sharing immigration status without a court order, and prohibit use of…
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