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Shoreline council reviews ordinance to bar civil immigration enforcement on city property
Summary
Shoreline staff presented Ordinance No. 1059 to prohibit civil immigration enforcement activities on city‑owned or city‑utilized property unless authorized by a court order; staff recommended signage and civil enforcement through the city attorney. Council asked for clearer enforcement language and directed staff to return with the item as an action item.
Shoreline Mayor Betsy Robertson and the City Council discussed proposed Ordinance No. 1059 on Monday, a staff‑draft measure that would ban staging, processing areas, temporary detention sites and other civil immigration enforcement activity on city‑owned or city‑utilized property unless a valid court order authorizes such use.
John Norris, presenting the staff report, said the ordinance would codify directives in Resolution No. 560 to make the prohibition clear to the community and to provide an enforcement mechanism. "The prohibition does not apply if there’s again a valid court order," Norris said, adding that the…
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