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Residents urge help for immigrants affected by ICE surge and call for lower, amber street lighting
Summary
During open forum Richfield residents described hardships from an ICE enforcement surge, asked the city to pursue towing-assistance and privacy protections, and urged changes to outdoor lighting in the Climate Action Plan; the city manager said staff will return with a proposed $5,000'$10,000 agreement to help with towing expenses.
Several Richfield residents used the March 10 open forum to describe community harms tied to recent ICE enforcement, raise privacy concerns about surveillance technologies, and urge changes to outdoor lighting under the city's Climate Action Plan.
Marjorie Hurdis, who said she lives at the Gramercy Cooperative for Seniors, described the "ice invasion" and the dependence of residents on health helpers; she told council that when caregivers cannot come "one of the men there said, I would die," urging the council to consider psychological and safety costs when weighing responses. Nicole Cleland…
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