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Assemblymember Grace Lee briefs Community Board 2 on budget talks, ICE contracting bill and water/PFAS proposals
Summary
Assemblymember Grace Lee updated the Community Board on state budget negotiations, proposed bills to require visible ICE identification and to disclose private contracts with ICE, and highlighted state funding priorities including utility rebates, childcare expansion, immigrant legal services and $900 million for clean water infrastructure.
Assemblymember Grace Lee spoke in person at the Community Board 2 full board meeting, reporting that state budget negotiations are underway and outlining several bills and budget priorities she is advancing in Albany.
Lee said both houses and the governor are negotiating a package that includes protections intended to limit ICE practices, highlighted a bill to require ICE agents to display visible identification (the speaker referenced the MELT Act concept) and described an "ICE contract transparency act" she is sponsoring to require private companies to disclose contracts with Immigration…
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